In 2013, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy reached 15.0% in the European Union (EU), compared with 8.3% in 2004, the first year for which the data is available.

(4) The supply of electricity and gas in the final stage, from traders and distributors to final consumer, should be taxed at the place where the customer has effective use and consumption of the goods, in order to ensure that taxation takes place in the country where actual consumption takes place.

The three key issues highlighted "Safe, Sustainable and Ethical" must be central to our whole approach to the food chain, whether in the primary production sector, the food processing sector, the distribution chain, or even at the final preparation and consumption phase.

expressed satisfaction at the continued good functioning of the Agreement and underlined the importance of the participation of the EEA/EFTA States in the development and realisation of the internal market; noted the fact that the EEA Joint Committee had since the last meeting of the EEA Council adopted over 40 decisions incorporating some 70 pieces of Community legislation into the Agreement, including acts related to technical regulations for the telecommunications sector, to safety measures in rail, road, and sea transport and civil aviation; to foodstuffs and veterinary medicine legislation; to the environment; to mutual recognition of diplomas and access to certain professions, to competition rules and to intellectual property; E ...[+++]EA/EFTA States participation on the SAVE II and Info 2000 programs was also decided; procedures concerning EEA/EFTA States participation on Community programmes concerning small and medium sized enterprises and information society are now at its final stage; noted that the Joint Committee would, nevertheless, need to accelerate adoption of decisions to maintain full homogeneity of the EEA; noted, furthermore, that significant progress had been achieved on the important matter of veterinary legislation on which a Joint Committee decision was expected in time for the new system to be applied as of 1 January 1998 leading to facilitation of trade procedures and enhanced co-operation in the field of animal health; welcomed the substantive progress made on the incorporation of legislation on medicinal products and on preparations for the participation of the EEA/EFTA States in the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA); noted that the decision shaping provisions of the Agreement are being used increasingly, to the mutual benefit of both sides, in providing a solid basis of consultation of all Internal market partners for the preparation of relevant legislation; noted with satisfaction that progress ha ...

7.63. Consumer durables are durable goods used by households repeatedly over periods of time of more than one year for final consumption.

Consideration will also have to be given at this final stage to the question of whether the special schemes (for small firms, farmers, secondhand goods, travel agencies, etc.) should be maintained and whether any specific measures should be introduced or maintained in a harmonized fashion in the Member States.