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Energy policy for a competitive Europe
Europe's citizens and companies need a secure supply of energy at affordable prices in order maintaining our standards of living. At the same time, the negative effects of energy use, particularly fossil fuels, on the environment must be reduced. That is why EU policy focuses on creating a competitive internal energy market offering quality service at low prices, on developing renewable energy sources, on reducing dependence on imported fuels, and on doing more with a lower consumption of energy.
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Strategic Energy Review
Securing our Energy Future
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Nuclear Safety
Commission moves ahead
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Climate Action
Energy for a Changing world -
Towards a low carbon future
Strategic plan to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies
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Covenant of mayors
Initiative to bring together the mayors of Europe’s cities to improve their energy efficiency
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- 19/12/2008 - Covenant of mayors: update of the list of cities having expressed interest to join the Covenant
- 19/12/2008 - Weekly newsletter Energy and Transport in Europe
- 19/12/2008 - Study: Improving incentives for investment in electricity transmission infrastructure
- 18/12/2008- Parliament adopts text of the Directive on the Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources by overwhelming majority (635 votes in favour, 25 against and 25 abstentions)
- 17/12/2008 - Call for tenders: Study on weekly oil reporting (deadline 26/01/2009)
- 09/12/2008 - Public consultation: TSO compensation mechanism and harmonisation of transmission tarification (deadline 29/02/2009)
- 08/12/2008 - Member States approve the phasing-out of incan-descent bulbs by 2012
- 03/12/2008 - Solid Biomass barometer (Observ'ER)
- 28/11/2008 - Weekly newsletter Energy and Transport in Europe
- 27/11/2008 - Infringement proceedings: Energy Performance of Buildings: Commission launches Court proceedings against Luxemburg
- 27/11/2008 - Members states biofuels reports Directive 2003/30/EC of Portugal
- 26/11/2008 - Nuclear Safety: Directive Proposal setting up a Community framework for nuclear safety
- 26/11/2008 - Documentation on the 15th meeting of the European Electricity Regulatory Forum, Florence 24 and 25 November 2008
- 25/11/2008 - Oil bulletin update: Duties and Taxes and weekly prices
- 25/11/2008 - Public consultation: Green Paper Towards a Secure, Sustainable and Competitive European Energy Network (deadline 31/03/2009)
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