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"Mr President, Commissioner, I am happy to make a few comments on this report. It is an excellent report, because it will enable us to achieve a number of things simultaneously: not only environmental and CO
reduction objectives, but also some of our production objectives and other objectives designed to ensure that we remain competitive. It will be kind on both the environment and the wallet.
Commissioner, you have also spoken of your ambition to produce an action plan within a short timeframe. Allow me, however, to make three points: my first point concerns national energy efficiency action plans. There is a great deal more scope for improvement there and they need to be examined critically by the European Commission. Commissioner, you have indicated that you will be working in two stages. The first stage will involve consultation, but with some pressure being applied, and the second will possibly involve a degree of coercion. I have insisted on pressure being brought to bear in my earlier discussions with the Commissioner and in my amendments, and I am pleased that this issue is now gaining prominence.
I have just one question for the Commissioner: will you have sufficient instruments to enable you to stay the course whilst moving into the coercion stage? Could you give us an analysis of that, now, or in the near future, or in your action plan?
My second point is about regional policy. Mr Swoboda has also spoken about this. A great deal more could be done with those funds. In most countries, the funds that are available are not even being used to improve energy efficiency. I have therefore tabled an amendment to Article 81 in order to clarify its wording. It does not always have to mean more money; it is also about spending existing resources wisely.
Lastly, my third point – and here, too, I agree with Mr Swoboda – we need to get citizens, local authorities and companies more involved in energy conservation, through measures such as quality marks, covenants with mayors and agreements with industry. In my country, the Netherlands, an agreement with industry alone has already resulted in a 2% improvement in energy efficiency a year. Now, that is a measure of what we could achieve in concrete terms! Thank you, I wish you every success, and thanks to the rapporteur."@en1
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