Ongoing (updated on 08/01/2021)
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TEN/724-EESC-2020Rapporteur:
Plenary session:
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Mar 24, 2021 Mar 25, 2021
Third report on the State of the Energy Union - Related Opinions
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Adopted on 17/07/2019
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TEN/695-EESC-2019-01938Rapporteur:
The EESC takes note of the Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union (SEU), supports the objectives of the Energy Union and welcomes the emphasis on the engagement and mobilisation of EU society to take full ownership of the Energy Union.
Adopted on 19/06/2019
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SC/51-EESC-2018-SC/051- Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reductionReferral:
COM(2018) 773 final Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Just a few days ahead of last December's climate summit COP24 in Poland, the European Commission published its long-term strategy "A clean planet for all" presenting its vision for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through a socially-fair transition in a cost-efficient manner. While the document does not contain any new policy proposals, it provides the direction of travel of EU climate and energy policy and frames what the EU considers as its long-term contribution to achieving the Paris Agreement temperature objectives in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Adopted on 31/05/2017
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TEN/626-EESC-2016Referral:
COM(2017) 53 final COM(2017) 53 final COM(2017) 53 final COM(2017) 53 final COM(2017) 53 final COM(2017) 53 final COM(2017) 57 final Rapporteur:
Tellervo KYLÄ-HARAKKA-RUONALA (Finland)
Adopted on 27/04/2016
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TEN/580-EESC-2015Rapporteur:
Stéphane BUFFETAUT (France)
The European Economic and Social Committee has been supporting the idea of a European Energy Union from its first inception as a European Energy Community in 2010. The annual State of the Energy Union report is also broadly welcomed by the EESC as a means to keep energy at the top of the political agenda across the European Union and ensure coordinated progress across sectors and Member states. The 2015 version of the State of the Energy Union is a snapshot taken only nine months after the launch of the Energy Union programme, limiting the reports' usefulness to judge progress made towards the Energy Union. However, as is noted in the opinion, the report's publication provides the EESC a welcome opportunity to identify particular aspects in advancing and governing the Energy Union that are of particular importance to Europe's civil society.
Adopted on 01/07/2015
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TEN/570-EESC-2015-01593-00-00-AC-TRARapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Plenary session:
509 -
Jul 01, 2015 Jul 02, 2015
The EESC endorses the Energy Union and considers its implementation urgent – this could lead to making energy the fifth EU freedom. At the same time, the Committee stresses the need for a clearer message a leading vision – on what European citizens and enterprises will gain from the Energy Union. It also underlines that the Commission, when preparing proposals for reviews of energy legislation, as outlined in the roadmap, should avoid inconsistencies and increasing costs but rather try to simplify processes. The Committee recommends that the most urgent priority, notwithstanding the importance of security of supply and the sustainability, should be action on energy costs.
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Conclusions of the European Council's meeting on 19-20 March 2015
Jean-Claude Juncker's Political Guidelines
A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030
Energy 2020 - A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy
Energy Roadmap 2050
European Energy Security Strategy
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