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dossier	COM(2017)56 - Assessment of the progress made in 2014 towards the national energy efficiency targets for 2020 and towards the ...
document	COM(2017)56
date	February 1, 2017

Annex 5 of SWD(2016)405).

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Final energy consumption is the energy supplied to industry, transport, households, services and agriculture, excluding deliveries to the energy transformation sector and the energy industries themselves.

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See also SWD on the 2016 Monitoring progress towards the Energy Union objectives - Key indicators and http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/node/9145.

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In addition to final energy consumption, primary energy consumption includes generation/ transformation losses, consumption of the energy transformation sector and network losses.

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Idem footnote 10.

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Member States have set themselves targets with different ambition levels, in most cases aiming to lower their absolute energy consumption by 2020. However, in the case of Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Romania the target allows an increase in final energy consumption. This is projected to be higher than the forecast GDP growth from 2014 to 2020. For Croatia, Finland, Greece, and Romania the indicative primary energy consumption targets for 2020 would allow an increase in primary energy consumption at a rate higher than their expected average GDP growth from 2014 to 2020. The sum of national targets (17.6% reduction in primary energy consumption compared to forecasts) falls short of the 20% EU level target. See COM(2015) 574.

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The Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Finland.

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Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

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Since only 2014 data is available, this comparison cannot take into account the impact of recently implemented energy efficiency measures on meeting the new obligations under the EED, nor the impact of some of the measures recently adopted under the Ecodesign, Energy Labelling and Energy Performance of Buildings Directives. This comparison does not allow the carrying out of a conclusive assessment of whether Member States are on track to meet their indicative 2020 energy efficiency targets. This is because the future positive or negative effects of changes in the economy, changes in energy prices, fuel switching or climate variations cannot be forecasted for 2015-2020.

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Idem footnote 10.

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GDP, an indicator of EU-28 wealth, accounts for changes in energy consumption due to a change in economic activity. The activity effect is positive if energy consumption increases due to additional energy demand caused by increased economic activity.

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Ratio of each Member State’s GDP to total EU-28 GDP. It accounts for changes in energy consumption that would have been observed due to a change in the relative importance of countries with different energy intensities. The structural effect is positive if the GDP of countries with relatively high energy-intensive economies increases.

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Ratio of national primary energy consumption for each fuel to national primary energy consumption for all fuels together. It accounts for changes in energy consumption due to changes in the fuel mix of the economy, i.e. the impact of fuel mix composition. The fuel mix effect is negative if there is a shift towards cleaner fuels.

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These are the preliminary results of a first decomposition analysis performed by the Commission. The methodology is still being developed and will be discussed further with Member States and stakeholders.

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The following sectors were considered: Industry, construction, services, agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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These are the preliminary results of a first decomposition analysis performed by the Commission. The methodology is still being developed and will be discussed further with Member States and stakeholders.

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https://www.iea.org/eemr16/files/medium-term-energy-efficiency-2016_WEB.PDF and Annex 5 of SWD(2016)405.

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Idem footnote 10.

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There were 2 809 heating degree days (HDD) on average in 2014 at EU-28 level compared to an average of 3 218 HDD in 2013 and an average 3 143 HDD in the reference period 1990-2014 [data source: Eurostat, Joint Research Center (IES/MARS Unit)]. The climate correction factor was calculated as a proportion of the heating degree days in a given year over the average heating degree days in the period 1990-2014. This correction factor was applied to the overall energy consumption of the residential sector. If disaggregated end-use consumption data is available in Eurostat, climate correction is applied to heat consumption data only.

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Indicators in the SWD on the 2016 Monitoring progress towards the Energy Union objectives - Key indicators are not climate corrected.

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See Odyssee-Mure database: http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/online-indicators.html .

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COM(2016) 51 final.

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Indicator that specifies how much energy is needed to produce the values added of the services sector in a certain year.

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Idem footnote 10.

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Including pipeline transport, contrary to the approach taken in COM(2015) 574 final as the 2020 energy efficiency targets do not exclude pipeline transport.

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A comparison of Member States should be undertaken with caution because final energy consumption is based on the fuels sold rather than the fuels used in the territory of a country. Factors other than energy efficiency therefore come into play, e.g. the degree to which a given Member State is a ‘transit country’ for road transport or a hub for aviation.

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The passenger and freight transport indicator changed compared to COM(2015) 574 final. Transport activity is now adjusted for territoriality (Source: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transport/files/pocketbook2016.pdf ).

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COM(2016) 51 final.

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See the 2016 Renewable Energy Progress Report.

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Another data set was used here compared to COM(2015) 574 and SWD(2015) 245. For this report, CHP data reported under Article 24(6) EED to Eurostat was used: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/data . There was an increase only in Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Malta, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

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Measures such as the ratio of transformation output of thermal power generation to fuel input.

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Article 7 requires Member States to set up Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes to achieve new 1,5% end-use annual savings, or adopt alternative measures with the same result.

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The sum of the cumulative end-use savings requirements reported by Member States is 230 Mtoe, which should be achieved by 31 December 2020.

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No annual split of expected savings for policy measures was reported for Latvia, Finland, Lithuania and Poland. For Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Spain, annual expected savings in 2014 were reported for some policy measures only.

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The obligation scheme will therefore form part of Greece's Article 7 policy package together with alternative measures.

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In the structured dialogue as part of the EU pilot process.

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Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Malta, Spain and the United Kingdom.

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COM(2016)860 final.

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See chapter 4.

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Annex 1 of COM(2016)860 final.

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COM(2016)763 final.

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COM(2016)860 final.

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Ibid.