Legislation

Energy

Biofuels Package (Commission Communication on alternative fuels for road transportation and on a set of measures to promote the use of biofuels) (November 2001)

Proposal (COM(2002)415) for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the Promotion of Ecogeneration (July 2002)
European Parliament (draft) report on cogeneration (November 2002)
EP draft Report on Cogeneration (Amendments 67-161) (March 2003)
EP draft Report on Cogeneration (Amendments 162-240) (March 2003)

1998 Commission White Paper on Renewable Energy
Commission Proposal for a Directive on the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in the Internal Electricity Market (May 2000)
European Parliament First Reading: Rothe Report and Kronberger Opinion on Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (October 2000)
Commission Amended Proposal on Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (December 2000)
EU Council of Ministers Common Position on Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (March / April 2001)
European Parliament Second Reading: Rothe ReportÊ(April 2001)
European Parliament Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy Committee amendments to Rothe Second Reading Report on the Renewable Energy Sources Proposal (May 2001)
Rothe consolidated Second Reading Report amendments to the Renewable Energy Sources Proposal (before Compromise Amendments) (June 2001)
Position of the European Parliament on the RES Proposal (consolidated with the EU Council of Ministers Common Position) (July 2001)
Directive on the Promotion of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources in the Internal Energy Market (September 2001)
Proposal for a Council and European Parliament Directive on the Promotion of Cogeneration based on a Useful Heat Demand in the Internal Energy Market (July 2002)

Directive 2003/96/EC on the Taxation of Energy Products and Electricity (27 October 2003)