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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7706

28 April 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
Commission adopts action plan to improve energy efficiency in EU by 2010 - Series of measures with timetable

Brussels, 27/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission adopted an action plan for improving energy efficiency in the European Community by 2010. The aim is to reduce energy consumption in Europe by at least 100 million tonnes oil equivalent in ten years, which would represent 40% of the commitments taken by the EU under the Kyoto Protocol on climate changes. The Commission hopes to improve energy efficiency by 1% per year by 2010, while the current trend is evaluated at...

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