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Failure by Greece to notify complete transposition measures for Directive (EU) 2018/2002 amending the Energy Efficiency Directive: INFR(2020)0520
1. Each Member State of the European Union shall apply EU law and take appropriate action to that end. The European Commission is the body responsible for detecting possible breaches of EU law.
In the event that a Member State does not apply Union law and fails to fulfill any of the obligations laid down in the EU Treaties, the European Commission may initiate formal infringement proceedings under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU (details of infringement proceedings here).
2. “Moderation of energy demand is one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy established by the Commission communication of 25 February 2015 entitled ‘A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy’.” Directive (EU) 2018/2002 (amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency) seeks to establish a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency and sets a binding target for the EU of energy efficiency of at least 32.5% by 2030. Member States are to adopt the necessary laws, regulations and administrative provisions to comply with the Directive by 25 October 2020 at the latest.
However, as mentioned in the “December infringement package: main decisions/2-12-2021” Greece failed to inform the Commission of the provisions adopted to transpose this Directive into national law [infringement number: INFR (2020) 0520]. For this reason, it sent a “reasoned opinion” to the country, calling on it to transpose the amended Energy Efficiency Directive.
The application of EU law is an obligation of the Member States of the European Union. If possible breaches of EU law are detected, the European Commission may take a series of actions against that Member State to ensure the correct and full application of EU law by initiating infringement proceedings in accordance with Articles 258 and 260 of the TFEU.
In this case, the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion as Greece had failed to notify complete transposition measures for Directive (EU) 2018/2002 amending the Energy Efficiency Directive, thus violating EU law.
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