an assessment of progress in energy consumption, and in energy consumption in relation to economic activity, at Union level, including progress in the efficiency of energy supply in Member States that have based their national indicative targets on final energy consumption or final energy savings, including progress due to these Member States’ compliance with Chapter III of this Directive;

It rejects the options involving a continuation of the provisions of the current CHP Directive, as they do not promote energy efficiency across the energy supply sector, but only in relation to cogeneration and without ensuring an actual deployment of CHP (Member States are only required to gather information and report to the Commission).

Calls on Member States, in the light of the growing risks which the European Union is running in terms of energy security, to speak with a single voice; notes that their current practices are anything but geared to this aspiration; considers it imperative, in the interests of security of supply, solidarity and of the effectiveness of negotiations with a view to determining the international regulatory framework, for the Commission to propose to Parliament and the Council the drawing up of a European energy policy which has due regard for the respective competences of the European Union and of the Member States: international relations, energy efficiency, combating climate change, further development of the internal market, negotiation of ...[+++]international treaties, forward studies and dialogue with producers and transit countries, energy research and diversification of energy supplies;

Though there is already a directive on the energy certification of buildings (Directive 93/76/EEC repealed by Directive 2006/23/32/EC), it was adopted in a different political context before the Kyoto agreement and the uncertainties with the security of energy supply in the Union.

Though there is already a directive on the energy certification of buildings (Directive 93/76/EEC repealed by Directive 2006/23/32/EC), it was adopted in a different political context before the Kyoto agreement and the uncertainties with the security of energy supply in the Union.

Recent initiatives include: a Directive on further liberalisation of the electricity and natural gas markets in the EU [5], a Directive on the Promotion of Electricity from Renewable sources of Energy in the Internal Electricity Market [6], an Action Plan for Improved Energy Efficiency in the Community [7], a Green Paper on the Security of Energy Supply [8] and the revision of the guidelines on state aid for environmental protection [9], and a revision of the trans European network guidelines.