Press Release: Commission proposes new rules to ensure that all Member States save each year at least 1% more energy

Saving every year 1% more of the energy previously used in each Member State through increased energy efficiency will lead to around 6% annual energy savings in the year 2012. This is the ambitious goal that the Commission proposed on 10 December 2003 with its new Directive to boost energy efficiency in the Union and promote the market for energy services such as lighting, heating, hot water, ventilation, etc. The proposal sets a framework with common definitions, tools, methodology targets and obligations, both for the public and for the private sectors.

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