Energy Performance of Building Directive Final agreement on the Energy Performance of Building Directive On 19 December, the EU institutions found a provisional agreement during the third trilogue on the review of the Energy Performance of Building Directive – EPBD. As anticipated in the previous newsletter, the final deal came after weeks of tense negotiations
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As Glass Alliance Europe‘s Secretary General, Bertrand Cazes participated to a workshop organised by ASKPCR, the Czech Glass & Ceramic Association on 15 February, where he presented an overview of the different glass sectors in the EU. The workshop aimed to shed some light on “The Future of the Glass and Ceramic Industry in the
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Glass for Europe answered to the European Commission public consultation on the “Methodological choices for determining the list of sectors and subsectors deemed exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, for the period 2021-2030“. The Commission is currently completing its assessment of all relevant industries to assess the level of exposure to carbon leakage.
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Since January 2018, Glass for Europe has the privilege to steer the work of the EEIF – Energy Efficiency Industrial Forum. The Energy Efficiency Industrial Forum (EEIF) is an informal platform of several European industry sectors, which provide energy-efficient products and services and which invest massively in developing the energy efficiency market in the EU.
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After the 11 October vote in ITRE, the EPBD Rapporteur Mr Bendtsen (EPP, Denmark) received the mandate to enter inter-institutional negotiations with the Council and the Commission (trilogue). The Estonian Presidency is pushing to have the EPBD adopted by the end of its mandate (2017), thus a tight schedule has been set and both technical and political meetings are taking place
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The night of November 22nd, Glass for Europe attended the European Public Affairs Awards, aka EuroPAwards. The EuroPAwards is an awards ceremony which aims to mirror the diversity in EU policy affairs. The event showcases and celebrates best practices in public affairs, including the key role played by associations such as Glass for Europe, in shaping
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Today, 11 November, the Industry and Energy Committee of the European Parliament (ITRE) adopted its Report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and confirmed its willingness to put energy efficiency high on the EU agenda by supporting a binding 40% energy efficiency target for 2030. The approved text also preserves the annual energy savings requirements of the current Directive and
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On 8 November 2017, the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement to revise the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for the period after 2020. The agreement is the result of 2 years of intense negations between the 3 institutions and several years of advocacy of Glass for Europe. Compared
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On October 30, Glass for Europe participated in the Final Workshop on Cumulative Cost Assessment of the EU Ceramics and Glass Industriesorganised by CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies). The research, which was commissioned by the European Commission, quantifies the regulatory costs generated in the last 10 years by EU legislation in the flat glass industry
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On October 17 in Brussels, Glass for Europe celebrated 55 years of activities with a cocktail event. The anniversary offered the opportunity of the official launch of Glass for Europe’s enlargement to European representatives of building glass transformers and processors. On this occasion, Glass for Europe also unveiled its new visual identity. Almost 100 guests took part
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On October 2017, the European Commission launched an Inception Impact Assessment on Carbon Leakage List 2021 – 2030. The Inception Impact Assessment (or Roadmap) is part of the preparatory phase of decision making process and allows the European Commission to describe the scope, purpose and timing of new laws and policies and to collect inputs from
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On October 11, the ITRE Committee of the European Parliament voted with a large majority in favour of the Bendtsen’s report on the review of the Energy Performance of Building Directive. To Glass for Europe, the report, which amends the European Commission proposal released last year as part of Clean Energy Package, goes in the right direction.
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