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A two-year Legislative Outlook for EU Energy
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July 2015
Energy Union: Coming your way in the next 18 Months
 Communication on Electricity and Gas Retail  Revision of regulation on security of 31 Nov/11 Dec 2015:
 Legislative proposals on market design
gas supply UN Climate Change
Markets and security of electricity supply
Conference COP 21 in
 Consultation on market design and regional elec-  EU strategy for Heating and Cooling  Energy Efficiency package
Paris
tricity market  LNG and energy storage strategy  Renewable energy package
nd
 Review of the EU Emissions Trading System and  2 list of Projects of Common Inter-  Proposal for the non EU ETS sector post
carbon leakage scheme, 2021-2030 est November 2015: First 2020
 Review of the Energy Labelling Directive State of the Energy
Union
SUMMER PACKAGE WINTER PACKAGE 2016 KEY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS

2015 2016
LATVIA EU PRESIDENCY LUXEMBOURG EU PRESIDENCY NETHERLANDS EU PRESIDENCY SLOVAKIA EU PRESIDENCY

Q4 2015: MoU on the 2016: Review of the Decision on

Q4 2015: 2nd list of Q4 2015: Revision of Q4 2015: LNG and Q4 2015: Initiative Q4 2015: Report on the
1. Security of Trans-Caspian pipelines information exchange mechanism
Projects of Common regulation on security energy storage to strengthen the European Energy
supply with Azerbaijan and with regard to IG agreements
Interest of gas supply strategy Energy Community Security Strategy
Turkmenistan between MS and third countries

Ongoing: Debate over chemical and energy regulation under T-TIP

2. Internal 15 July 2015(expected): 15 July 2015(expected): Late 2015: First 2015 –2016: Review of the Agency 2016: Legislative 2016: Review of the 2016 and every 2 years 2016: Communication on the
energy Communication on Consultation on market Energy for the Cooperation of Energy proposals on market Directive on measures to thereafter : Commission progress towards the completion of
Electricity and Gas design and regional Infrastructure Regulators (ACER) and the energy design and regional safeguard security of analysis on energy prices energy infrastructures and electricity
market
Retail Markets electricity market Forum regulatory framework electricity markets electricity supply and costs interconnection

15 July 2015(expected): Review

Q4 2015: EU 2016: Review of the 2016: Review of the
3. Energy of the energy efficiency
strategy for Heating Energy Efficiency Directive on Energy
efficiency framework for products (Energy
and Cooling Directive Performance of Buildings
Labelling & Ecodesign Directives)

February 2015: March 2015: Countries to 15 July 2015(expected): 15 July 2015 Q2 2016: Proposal Q2 2016: Legislative proposals 2016: Renewable Energy Package:
Communication submit Intended Legislative proposal to revise (expected): Carbon for the non EU ETS on the Effort-Sharing Decision & New RES Directive for 2030;
on the Road to Nationally Determined the EU Emissions Trading leakage scheme for sector ‘Effort the inclusion of LULUCF into the biomass and biofuels sustainability
Paris Contributions (INDCs) System, 2021-2030 2021-2030 Sharing Decision’ 2030 Framework policy
4. Decarbon-
isation
of the economy

June 2015: 9 July 2015: EP Plenary Late 2015: Review of 2016: 2016- 2017: Review of 2016- 2017: Establishing a
April 2015:
Conference on adoption of Market implementation of Communication Regulations setting emission monitoring and reporting
Agreement on
decarbonisation of Stability Reserve Industrial Emissions on Waste to performance standards for cars system for heavy duty
Biofuels/ILUC
the road transport proposal Directive Energy & vans vehicles

2015 - 2016: Initiative on EU

5. Research & September 2015:
Summer 2015: Possible global technology and
innovation Communication on an
Review CCS Directive innovation leadership on
integrated SET Plan
energy and climate