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"The Energy Efficiency Directive we are adopting is one of the most important pieces of EU legislation, which is expected to facilitate the creation of more than 1 million jobs in the Member States and the saving of tens of billions of euro from energy supplies.
Energy efficiency, generally recognised as the cheapest option to solve the EU’s energy problems, is finally being included in European law with compulsory measures and targets, with a consensus on first reading reached in just one year. This highlights its extreme importance and the wide support for it.
I welcome the compromises reached to make the Member States more flexible in implementing the measures and on their funding, thereby ensuring the best solutions are found for achieving the energy savings targets, and during a crisis at that. Without this flexibility, the governments and political forces would not have given their agreement.
The requirements for energy efficiency in public contracts are an important element. However, we must tread carefully here because of the potential danger of paying for the most expensive energy efficiency solutions if the criterion for the public contracts’ final cost is not given sufficient weight.
The mark of energy efficiency’s true success would be a change in people’s attitude and behaviour towards the wasteful use of energy. This directive will contribute to the change. I congratulate the rapporteur and everyone else who has worked on this dossier on a job well done."@en1
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