Ahead of the continuation on Thursday 31 August of the interinstitutional negotiations on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (see EUROPE B13195A10), HOTREC, the coalition of 47 European associations representing hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés, has issued an opinion on the impact of this Directive on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Welcoming the European Commission’s initiative (see EUROPE B12854A13), HOTREC nevertheless stresses that SMEs will...