Laws and decrees - Europe
You will find here hyperlinks to a selection of important European guidelines by which the European Union is aiming at a reduction of the energy consumption and the CO2 emissions in buildings.
Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC
OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1–56
Hyperlink:
=> https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32012L0027&from=DE
Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings
OJ L 001 , 04/01/2003 P. 0065 – 0071
Hyperlink:
=> http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0091:EN:HTML
Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (recast)
OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13–35
Hyperlink:
=> http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32010L0031&from=DE
The free movement of goods and services and thus the realisation of the so-called internal market is one of the most important objectives of the EU. Measuring instruments for the registration and billing of energy, water and other services were subject to national regulations for a long time. This has changed since 2004 by the
Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on measuring instruments
Official Journal L 135 , 30/04/2004 P. 0001 – 0080
Hyperlink:
=> http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32004L0022:EN:HTML
Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast)
OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 149–250
Hyperlink:
=> https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0032&from=DE
This directive aims at the harmonisation of legal national regulations concerning measuring instruments. (e.g. water, gas and electricity meters, petrol pumps, taximeters, exhaust gas meters). The legislation is of the New Approach type. It specifies essential requirements, but leaves technical specifications to manufacturers and standards. It also allows the manufacturer a choice of conformity assessment procedures.