A finales de octubre la CE adoptó su 2018 Work Programme titulado “An agenda for a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe”.
Se centra en completar las 10 prioridades de la Comisión Juncker.
A continuación se destacan las principales reseñas en materia de energía y medio ambiente citadas en el programa de trabajo:
· Under the headline priority of “ A new boost for jobs, growth and investment”, the Work Programme states the following:
“ We will aim to support innovation, jobs and growth through our Circular Economy strategy that can bring huge benefits to our economy, our competitiveness and our environment. We will propose a limited number of proposals to reinforce our work in this area. These will notably focus on how we produce and use plastics, working towards all plastic packaging being recyclable by 2030, and on how we reuse water and manage drinking water. We will also propose a framework to monitor progress in developing the circular economy. As part of our sectoral approach to improving regulation, we will tackle the legal, technical and practical bottlenecks where chemical, product and waste legislation meet. We will continue to evaluate the bio-economy strategy of 20129 and we will examine how best to take it forward, including by broadening the scope.
While the overall economic context is improving significantly, the European Union still needs to deal with the legacy of the crisis and translate higher growth into new jobs, fairness and new opportunities for all. This Commission has laid the groundwork for dealing with this challenge, for example with the European Skills Agenda10. We now need to move this agenda forward at Member States’ and regional level with the support of the European Social Fund, paying particular attention to basic skills and to digital skills.”
· Regarding the headline priority of “A resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy”, the Work Programme reads as follows:
“We have made significant progress in delivering the Energy Union. Adopting the Clean Energy Package for all Europeans presented in December 2016 and the proposals to update our policies on climate change is now the priority. The Commission will continue to work to improve the security of energy supplies and the functioning of the internal market. We will propose common rules for gas pipelines entering the European internal gas market. We will negotiate with Russia the key principles for operating the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project once the Council has adopted the strong mandate we recommended. In the field of transport, the Commission will focus its efforts on new CO2 standards for cars, vans and heavy duty vehicles. We will take forward our work on batteries and on alternative fuel infrastructure, recognising their strategic role in the transition to clean mobility and clean energy”.
En consecuencia, se anuncian las siguientes novedades legislativas (Annex I):
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Q4/2017: Delivering on the Circular Economy Action Plan |
· A strategy on plastics use, reuse and recycling (non-legislative, Q4 2017) · A proposal for a Regulation on minimum quality requirements for reused water (legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 192 TFEU) · A REFIT revision of the Drinking Water Directive (legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 192 TFEU) · An initiative to address legal, technical or practical bottlenecks at the interface of chemicals, product and waste legislation · A monitoring framework for the circular economy
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Q4/2017: Completing the Energy Union |
· Completing the Energy Union – Follow up to the solidarity aspect of the Energy Union, including a proposal on common rules for gas pipelines entering the European internal gas market (legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 194 TFEU)
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Q2/2018: SDG implementation: A Sustainable European Future |
· A sustainable European future – Reflection Paper “Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030, on the follow -up to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change |
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Q2/2018: Future of EU energy and climate policy
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· Communication on the future of EU energy and climate policy, including the future of the Euratom Treaty (taking account of Declaration No 54 of five Member States added to the Final Act of the Lisbon Treaty) and on the possible use of Article 192(2), second subparagraph TFEU
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La finalización de las siguientes propuestas es una prioridad (see Annex III ):
- Waste package under the CE package
- Clean Energy for all Europeans package
- Climate Package
Para más información:
- Infographic: overview of all envisaged actions in 2018
- A list of withdrawn proposals (I didn’t see anything of interest to us)
- A list of repeals
- A scoreboard summary of REFIT and the 10 priorities of the Commission and full report
- Completing the Better Regulation Agenda: Better solutions for better results
- Overview of the Union´s Efforts to Simplify and to Reduce Regulatory Burdens
- Roadmaps