Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1590 on transposing Articles 8, 9 and 10 on the energy saving obligation’s provisions of the Directive (EU) 2023/1791 on energy efficiency

Summary:

Recommendation adopted by the European Commission on 28 May 2024 setting out guidance on the transposition of Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Directive (EU) 2023/1791 on energy efficiency.

Further information:

Directive (EU) 2023/1791 - the recast of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) - was adopted in September 2023 and it raised the European Union's ambition for 2030 in terms of energy efficiency, including in relation to financing for energy efficiency. Articles 8, 9 and 10 of this Directive are closely interlinked, since the achievement of the required amount of cumulative end-use energy savings as set out in Article 8 is to be ensured by Member States either by establishing energy efficiency obligation schemes pursuant to Article 9 or by implementing alternative policy measures pursuant to Article 10, or both.

The guidelines in this Recommendation seek to provide guidance to Member States on how to interpret Articles 8, 9 and 10 of Directive (EU) 2023/1791 when transposing it into their national legislation. They focus on the new elements of Directive (EU) 2023/1791 and thereby complement the Annex to Recommendation (EU) 2019/1658, that remains applicable.

The Recommendation was adopted by the European Commission on 28 May 2024, and published in the Official Journal on 4 June 2024.