Brussels 15 June 2012: Glass for Europe takes note of the trilogue agreement on the Energy Efficiency Directive endorsed yesterday by the Council in COREPER. No agreement on such a piece of legislation would have sent a terribly wrong signal to market actors and in particular to the construction industry.

 COGEN Europe takes note of the agreement reached yesterday during
the trialogue on the adoption of the Directive on Energy Efficiency
while highlighting the mixed outcome for the transformation sector. 

After almost one year of intense negotiations, the cogeneration sector takes note of
the informal agreement reached on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) by Council
and Parliament. COGEN Europe questions the end result of the proposed European

The final round of negotiations around the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) have yielded a considerably weakened piece of legislation. The crucial role that energy efficiency in buildings represents in terms of job creation, reducing Europe’s crippling dependence on foreign oil imports and achieving the EU’s 2020 climate protection goals has  been acknowledged, however,  through the inclusion of national long-term strategies.

During a meeting with a government delegation from Kosovo today, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström will hand over the roadmap for visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Welcoming this event Green MEP and EP draftsperson/rapporteur on Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, said:

Citizens, workers and vulnerable people will have better information in the event of major accident hazards following today's European Parliament "Seveso III" vote to update rules aimed at the prevention and control of major accidents in the chemical industry. GUE/NGL MEPs welcomed the first reading agreement between MEPs and member states on updating the provisions of the former Seveso II directive that only covered 10,000 industrial establishments in the where dangerous substances are present in quantities exceeding the directive's thresholds.