Policy Updates

<p>The European Parliament’s Committees for Environment (ENVI) and for Industry, Transport, Research and Energy (ITRE) tabled their amendments on the Revision of the F-Gas Regulation.</p>

The Parliament’s ENVI committee published its final opinion on the EPBD on 28 November 2022.

On 28 November 2022, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) considered the draft opinion of Ms Spyraki (Greece, EPP) on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) proposal.

<p>On 28 November 2022, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) considered the draft opinion of Ms Spyraki (Greece, EPP) on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) proposal.</p>

The European Commission’s DG ENER, together with Viegand Maagøe and COWI, is organising a stakeholder workshop dedicated to the provisions on data centres that are part of the proposal for an Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) recast.

On 26 October 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a recast Ambient Air Quality Directive. The Impact Assessment contains some hopeful notes for a future policy response from the EU on Indoor Air Quality as well.On 26 October 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a recast Ambient Air Quality Directive. The Impact Assessment contains some hopeful notes for a future policy response from the EU on Indoor Air Quality as well.

<p>On 26 October 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a recast Ambient Air Quality Directive. The Impact Assessment contains some hopeful notes for a future policy response from the EU on Indoor Air Quality as well.</p>

<p>The European Commission’s DG ENER, together with Viegand Maagøe and COWI, is organising a stakeholder workshop dedicated to the provisions on data centres that are part of the proposal for an Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) recast.</p>

<p>On 14 November 2022, the Council published a note from the Czech Presidency reporting on the progress of the discussions on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) proposal. It summarises the positions and concerns on the key issues at play.</p>

The rapporteurs for opinion in the Parliament’s IMCO and ITRE committees have published their drafts opinions on the proposal for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The perspectives in the two documents are quite different.

<p>The rapporteurs for opinion in the Parliament’s IMCO and ITRE committees have published their drafts opinions on the proposal for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The perspectives in the two documents are quite different.</p>

Last month, the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the proposal to revise the EPBD. The aims are to ensure that all new buildings are zero-emission by 2030 and that the existing buildings become zero-emission by 2050.