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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Energy performance of buildings (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 8 May 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 14 February 2022
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 9 February 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 15 January 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 12 March 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 8 May 2024
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.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur
MEP #197654 Verts/ALE
Shadow rapporteurs
Isabella TOVAGLIERI IDSeán KELLY PPETsvetelina PENKOVA S&DMEP #221463 ECRMEP #124872 RenewMEP #96820 The Left
For opinion
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Radan KANEV PPE

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0129/2024 12 March 2024 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a proposed directive on the energy performance of buildings, a recast of existing rules. The position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/1275, after an agreement with the Council.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA9-0068/2023 14 March 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive on the energy performance of buildings recasts the 2010 rules and sets a path to a zero-emission building stock by 2050.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0033/2023 16 February 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission's proposed directive on the energy performance of buildings (recast) sets rules to turn the EU building stock into zero-emission buildings by 2050.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ITRE) 6 June 2022 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on the proposed recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. It proposes amendments to make zero-emission buildings the standard, phase out fossil fuel heating, and introduce minimum energy performance standards starting with the worst-performing buildings.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN),Opinion (ENVI),Draft opinion (ENVI)

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. 8 May 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 24 April 2024 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. 12 March 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 12 March 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0129/2024📄 Report A9-0033/2023
    Adopted Adopted by a clear majority
    For 370 Against 199 Abstained 46

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:30 · 60% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 2 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 2 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 69 13:30 A9-0033/2023 – Ciarán Cuffe – Rejection – Am 69
    Rejected
    2. Final vote on the provisional agreement 13:30 A9-0033/2023 – Ciarán Cuffe – Provisional agreement – Am 68
    Adopted
  6. 11 March 2024 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 11 March 2024 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0469/2021📄 Report A9-0033/2023
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 15 January 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  9. 14 March 2023 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”).

  10. Plenary stage
  11. 14 March 2023 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 14 March 2023 📄 Adopted text TA9-0068/2023📄 Council / Commission text C9-0469/2021📄 Report A9-0033/2023
  12. 13 March 2023 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 13 March 2023 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0469/2021📄 Report A9-0033/2023
  13. Committee stage
  14. 9 February 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  15. 26 October 2022 Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 JURI-AL-738407
  16. 3 October 2022 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (ENVI)
  17. 16 June 2022 Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (TRAN)
  18. 6 June 2022 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ITRE)
  19. 20 April 2022 Draft opinion from ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (ENVI)
  20. 14 February 2022 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.