GEN – 1428.00. The first trilogue meeting on the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), took place and a short update from the reporting back on the negotiations in the EP ITRE and the Council is summarised here.
EP ITRE (lead) reporting back to the Committee on the negotiations (13 October)
In short, Rapporteur Markus Pieper (EPP, Germany) summarised the following:
- There were issues concerning origins, hydrogen, cross-border expansion, import strategies, among others
- Council & Commission accepted to have a delegated act to adapt to the hydrogen aspects of the proposal. Green hydrogen remains a priority
- Concerning the question of approval procedures under the Proposal amending RED & EPBD, the Rapporteur believed the Commission could have skipped developing a proposal given that some points were already mentioned and included in the EP report
- The discussion in the ENVI Committee was still in the thick of things and there were various areas on which the ENVI Committee had exclusive competence; depending on the negotiations he could give a steer to ENVI, for example on biomass
- Overall the Rapporteur was rather positive about getting Parliament’s position through.
In the Council
On 10 October 2022, the General Secretariat of the Council shared with delegations the Four-column document which details the positions of each institution.
The next trilogue meeting is scheduled to take place on 9 November 2022
Recommended actions
In view of the ongoing trilogue negotiations, Eurovent Members are invited to assess the ITRE reports and, if needed, get in touch with the representatives of their permanent delegation in Brussels.
Related documents and links
All related documents and articles can be found in the respective sections in the right sidebar.
- GEN – 1428.01 – ST_13372_2022_INIT_en
- GEN – 1416.00 – ITRE report on RED and EED Review
- GEN – 1398.00 – RED II and EED revisions- Council negotiating positions
- GEN – 1358.00 – Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) revision
- GEN – 1332.00 – Draft Regulation methodology for calculating the amount of renewable energy used for cooling and district cooling – not yet published in OJEU
- GEN – 1306.00 – Amendment annex VII RED
- GEN – 1239.00 – Review Renewable Energy Directive
- GEN – 1154.00 – Review RED
- GEN – 1268.00 – Draft acts RED and EED
