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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Energy efficiency (recast)

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 September 2023 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 September 2021
  2. ✓ Committee work
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Talks opened 14 September 2022
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 11 July 2023
  6. ✓ Published as law 20 September 2023
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0263/2023 11 July 2023 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a proposed directive on energy efficiency, a recast of existing rules. The position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2023/1791, after agreement with the Council.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA9-0315/2022 14 September 2022 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive on energy efficiency (recast) sets a binding Union target to cut final energy consumption by at least 40% and primary energy consumption by 42.5% in 2030, compared with 2007 projections.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0221/2022 26 July 2022 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on energy efficiency (recast) sets a binding Union target of at least 40% final and 42.5% primary energy consumption reduction by 2030, with binding national contributions.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 20 September 2023 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 13 September 2023 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 11 July 2023 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 11 July 2023 📄 Report A9-0221/2022
  6. 10 July 2023 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 10 July 2023 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0144/2022📄 Council / Commission text C9-0145/2022📄 Council / Commission text C9-0330/2021📄 Council / Commission text C9-0331/2021📄 Council / Commission text C9-0333/2021📄 Report A9-0211/2023📄 Report A9-0216/2023📄 Report A9-0221/2022📄 Report A9-0233/2022📄 Report A9-0234/2022
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 14 September 2022 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 14 September 2022 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 14 September 2022 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0330/2021📄 Report A9-0221/2022
  11. 12 September 2022 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 12 September 2022 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0330/2021📄 Report A9-0221/2022
  12. Committee stage
  13. 13 September 2021 Referred to committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.