Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-14-Speech-2-075"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Heating and cooling from renewable energy sources (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060214.6.2-075"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-14-Speech-2-0762
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernadette Bourzai2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2008-09-30)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2008-09-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-20--2008-09-30)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2008-09-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by congratulating Mrs Rothe on her excellent own-initiative report, which clearly calls upon the European Commission to draw up a legislative proposal on increasing the share of renewable energy in heating and cooling by July 2006. Heat and cooling networks and biomass, particularly woody biomass, are important outlets for the timber industry, fit in perfectly with a sustainable European forestry strategy and can support European efforts towards sustainable development, particularly the aim of 12% of all energy consumed being from renewable sources by 2010. However, there is currently no legislation governing the use of renewable energy for heating and cooling, and this gap must be filled following the publication of the European Commission's biomass action plan on 7 December last year. I would like to emphasise three points that I see as important. First of all, on 28 January, the Ecofin Council concluded a political agreement to extend the experimental reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services until 2010. The important new aspect for the subject we are now discussing is the inclusion of district heating in the option provided for in Article 12(3)(b) of the sixth VAT Directive, under the same heading as the supply of natural gas and electricity. The Member States can therefore now put an end to this disparity in the tax treatment of sales of heating energy and subscriptions to heat and cooling networks using renewable energy, and the supply of natural gas and electricity. I fully support the rapporteur's recommendation regarding the use of the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Funds and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)."@en1

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