Security of energy supply in the EU

Tabled by Paolo Borchia, Rachel Blom, Marieke Ehlers, Isabella Tovaglieri, Roberto Vannacci, Filip Turek, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Ondřej Knotek, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Tomáš Kubín, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Tom Vandendriessche, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Silvia Sardone, Roman Haider, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Georg Mayer, Harald Vilimsky, Raffaele Stancanelli, Christine Anderson, Tomasz Froelich, Alexander Jungbluth, Milan Uhrík, Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Mélanie Disdier, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Séverine Werbrouck, René Aust, Gerald Hauser, Marc Jongen, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Volker Schnurrbusch, Irmhild Boßdorf, Susanna Ceccardi, Elisabeth Dieringer, Ton Diepeveen, Sebastian Kruis, Auke Zijlstra, Nikola Bartůšek, Markus Buchheit, Petra Steger, Alexander Sell, Sarah Knafo, Petr Bystron, Anna Maria Cisint, Tiago Moreira de Sá, António Tânger Corrêa, Marcin Sypniewski, Anders Vistisen

15. Underlines that enhancing energy security requires a holistic approach, notably Removed: through improving energy efficiency in key end-use energy sectors, such as buildings and industry, promoting energy savings, Added: by boosting investment in research and development, and ensuring meaningful citizen participation, all … which are essential to achieving a resilient, sustainable and inclusive energy system; Added: affirms that energy efficiency can play a role in, but cannot constitute the main pillar, of the EU’s energy policy; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to repeal the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, as it will entail significant costs for Member States and households without delivering appreciable benefits;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE774.001v01-00