Today, the European Commission has adopted the most encompassing amendment of the energy statistics regulation ever conducted. The aim is to support even further the European Green Deal. This amendment, which will enter into force in February, will provide statistics to monitor a number of policy initiatives to decarbonise the European economy, including the Energy Union and the Fit for 55 package, as well as the Hydrogen Strategy and the Initiative on Batteries. The new statistics will be first available for the year 2022.
Welcoming the adoption today, Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, said: “Today’s amendment to the energy statistics regulation marks a milestone on the path to a credible and evidence-based transition towards a climate-neutral economy. With this legal act, we set the pace for energy statistics worldwide, stay ahead of policy developments and already incorporate data needs from the Fit for 55 package and other important policy initiatives, in line with the Commission’s priorities.”
With this amendment, Eurostat will publish new and more detailed high-quality data on:
After intensive negotiations with Member States to ensure that data needs arising from the Fit for 55 package and other policy initiatives in the energy area were swiftly incorporated, the proposal was endorsed by the European Statistical System Committee with a great majority of Member States in favour (representing 95.52% of the EU population). In accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny followed for this amendment, it was submitted for a 3-month scrutiny to the European Parliament and the Council. Both co-legislators approved without comments, paving the way for today’s Commission adoption.
Next stepsFollowing today’s formal adoption of the Regulation by the European Commission, it will be published in the Official Journal on 31 January. The Regulation will apply upon entry into force, 20 days after its publication. The first reference year for this data is 2022. This means that EU Member States are already starting to collect the data in line with this amendment.
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