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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9313

24 November 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy council
Unanimous approval of action plan on energy efficiency - Broad consensus on need for targets on renewable energy

Brussels, 23/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - On the basis on the Commission action plan adopted on 19 October (see EUROPE 9290), the overall approach of which it supported, on Thursday the Council unanimously adopted conclusions on energy efficiency and energy savings which constitute, it said “a cornerstone” of the EU's energy policy. At the last moment, Denmark, which was calling for the inclusion of a binding 1.15% energy savings target in annual energy consumption, for the EU as a whole...

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