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Integrated national energy and climate plans

Adopted on 30/10/2019
Reference: 
TEN/700-EESC-2019-03626
Referral: 
COM(2019) 285 final
Rapporteur: 
Tommaso DI FAZIO (Diversity Europe - GR III / Italy)
Plenary session: 
547 -
Oct 30, 2019 Oct 31, 2019

The EESC welcomes the initiative of the European Commission (EC) to launch the assessment of the draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) submitted by the Member States, thereby following up on the new governance model launched by the Council and the Parliament in December 2018 and aimed at ensuring the transition to clean energy and climate protection through a multilevel interactive dialogue which fully involves civil society and public and private entities at local and regional level. The EU is the first major global economy to adopt, through specific National Energy and Climate Plans, a legally binding framework to deliver on its 2015 commitments under the COP21 Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda.

EESC opinion: Integrated national energy and climate plans

New institutional framework for energy and climate policy by 2025

Adopted on 26/09/2019
Reference: 
TEN/694-EESC-2019
Referral: 
COM(2019) 177 final
Rapporteur: 
Baiba MILTOVIČA (Diversity Europe - GR III / Latvia)
Co-rapporteur: 
Dumitru FORNEA (Workers - GR II/Romania)
Plenary session: 
546 -
Sep 25, 2019 Sep 26, 2019

The EESC welcomes the proposal to use the passerelle clauses to establish a qualified majority in the Council and a co-decision system with the European Parliament. In this new set-up, the EESC could play an important role in supporting the trilogue and should be involved.

EESC opinion: New institutional framework for energy and climate policy by 2025

Report on the State of the Energy Union

Adopted on 17/07/2019
Reference: 
TEN/695-EESC-2019-01938
Referral: 
COM(2019) 175 final COM(2019) 175 final
Rapporteur: 
Christophe QUAREZ (Workers - GR II / France)
Plenary session: 
545 -
Jul 17, 2019 Jul 18, 2019

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.

EESC opinion: Report on the State of the Energy Union

Strategic Action Plan on Batteries (report)

Adopted on 17/07/2019
Reference: 
TEN/696-EESC-2019
Referral: 
COM(2019) 176 final COM(2019) 176 final
Rapporteur: 
Colin LUSTENHOUWER (Employers - GR I / Netherlands)
Plenary session: 
545 -
Jul 17, 2019 Jul 18, 2019

The European Commission’s first progress report on the implementation of the Strategic Action Plan on Batteries shows that a variety of actions have been launched to develop a significant battery industry in the EU. Although it is far too early to draw definitive conclusions, the EESC supports the initiatives that the Commission has taken and has announced it will take to work with Member States and European industry to break Europe's dependence on non-EU – particularly Asian – countries. There is much to be done in the coming years to achieve the necessary level of technological expertise in the EU, to secure the supply of raw materials from third countries and EU sources and to ensure that batteries can be recycled safely and cleanly. Investing in staff is the joint responsibility for the government and the business community.

EESC opinion: Strategic Action Plan on Batteries (report)

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