ENERGY

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Green Paper: A European strategy for sustainable, competitive and secure energy

• An overall view of energy policy and actions
• Investment projects
• European Energy and Transport Forum
• Programmes
  • Framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1998-2002)
  • New framework programme "Intelligent Energy for Europe" (2003-2006)
  • ETAP programme: multiannual programme of studies
  • Carnot programme: solid fuels

SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY

• Green Paper
• Minimum stock levels of crude oil and/or petroleum products
• Security of supply of natural gas
• Electricity supply and infrastructure investment

INTERNAL MARKET IN ENERGY

• Price transparency
• Coordination of procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors
• Common rules for the internal market in electricity
• Common rules for the internal market in natural gas
• Conditions for granting and using authorizations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons
• Completing the internal energy market
• Completing the internal energy market: cross-border exchanges in electricity
• Internal energy market: supply of gas and electricity
• Internal energy market: access to the gas transmission networks

ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• Global partnership for sustainable development
• Strategy for sustainable development
• Integrating the environment into Community energy policy
• The energy dimension of climate change

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• General scheme
  • Green Paper on energy efficiency
  • Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013)
  • New framework programme "Intelligent Energy for Europe" (2003-2006)
  • Energy efficiency: SAVE II programme (1998-2002)
  • Towards a strategy for the rational use of energy
  • Action plan
• Energy efficiency legislation
  • Promotion of end-use efficiency & energy services
  • Cogeneration
  • Energy performance of buildings
• Efficiency in energy using products
  • Eco-design for energy-using appliances
  • Household appliances: energy consumption labelling
  • Office appliances: Energy Star programme
  • Ballasts for fluorescent lighting
  • Energy efficiency for refrigerators
  • Energy efficiency for hot-water boilers

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

• Biomass Action Plan
• Support for electricity from renewable energy sources
• EU strategy for biofuels
• Renewable energies: Altener (1999-2002)
• Green Paper
• White Paper laying down a Community strategy and action plan
• Promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources
• Renewable energy: the share of renewable energy in the EU

TAXATION OF ENERGY PRODUCTS

• Community framework for the taxation of energy products

NUCLEAR ENERGY

• Nuclear safety
  • SURE programme: nuclear safety
  • Nuclear safety in the Newly Independent States and Central and Eastern Europe
  • Dangers arising from ionising radiation
  • Safety of nuclear installations
• Waste
  • Shipments of radioactive substances between Member States
  • Transfer of radioactive waste: supervision and control
  • Management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste
• Euratom
  • Euratom Treaty
  • Euratom Supply Agency
  • Convention on Nuclear Safety
  • Control of high-activity sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources
  • Safeguarding nuclear materials

TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS

• Granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks
• New guidelines for trans-European energy networks
• Series of measures relating to trans-European networks in the energy sector
• The external dimension of trans-European energy networks

COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

• European Energy Charter
• The Northern Dimension of the European energy policy
• Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation
• SYNERGY programme: cooperation with third countries (1997-1998), SYNERGY II programme: cooperation with non-member countries (1998-2002)
• Thematic programme for the environment and the sustainable management of natural resources, including energy
• Cooperation between the United States and Euratom in the field of fusion energy
• Energy cooperation with the developing countries
• EU/Russia energy partnership
• Creation of an ACP-EU Energy Facility