On Tuesday 19 December, the negotiators of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament - led by their rapporteur, Bendt Bendtsen (EPP, Denmark) - and the Commission reached a political agreement in principle on the revised directive on the energy performance of buildings.
The Council of the EU adopted its general approach on 6 June (see EUROPE 11816) and the Parliament adopted its position on 11 October (see EUROPE 11881) on this text, which was proposed by the...