Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market
- No longer in force
- CELEX number: 32001L0077
- Official Journal: JOL_2001_283_R_0033_01
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2000/0116(COD), 2000/0116/COD
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Dates
Date of document: - September 27, 2001
- October 27, 2001
- October 27, 2001
- Entry into force - See Art 10
- October 27, 2003
- At the latest See Art 9
- December 31, 2011
- Repealed by 32009L0028
Modified by
Modified by:
- Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance) - detail
- Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex II: List referred to in Article 20 of the Act of Accession - 12. Energy - A. General - detail
- Council Directive 2006/108/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 90/377/EEC and 2001/77/EC in the field of energy, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania - detail
Modifies
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 26 September 2013. Industrie du bois de Vielsalm & Cie (IBV) SA v Région wallonne. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium). Directive 2004/8/EC — Scope — Cogeneration and high efficiency cogeneration — Article 7 — Regional support scheme providing for the grant of ‘green certificates’ to cogeneration plants — Grant of a larger number of green certificates to cogeneration plants processing principally forms of biomass other than wood or wood waste — Principle of equality and non-discrimination — Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Case C‑195/12.
- A04
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 July 2011. Azienda Agro-Zootecnica Franchini sarl and Eolica di Altamura Srl v Regione Puglia. Reference for a preliminary ruling from Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Puglia. Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 79/409/EEC – Conservation of wild birds – Special areas of conservation forming part of the Natura 2000 European Ecological Network – Directives 2009/28/EC and 2001/77/EC – Renewable energy sources – National rules – Prohibition on the location of wind turbines not intended for self‑consumption – No assessment of the environmental implications of the project. Case C-2/10.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 March 2024. Autorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente (ARERA) v Fallimento Esperia spa and Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA - GSE. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling – National support scheme providing for the award of tradable green certificates to national producers of electricity from renewable energy sources – Import of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in another Member State – Obligation to purchase green certificates – Penalty – Exemption – Directive 2001/77/EC – Directive 2009/28/EC – Support scheme – Guarantees of origin – Free movement of goods – Articles 18, 28, 30, 34 and 110 TFEU – State aid – Articles 107 and 108 TFEU – State resources – Selective advantage. Case C-558/22.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 September 2016. Essent Belgium NV v Vlaams Gewest and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regional legislation requiring the distribution, through the systems located in the region concerned, of electricity produced from renewable energy sources to be free of charge — Different treatment depending on the origin of the green electricity — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Free movement of goods — Directive 2001/77/EC — Articles 3 and 4 — National support mechanisms for the production of green energy — Directive 2003/54/EC — Articles 3 and 20 — Directive 96/92/EC — Articles 3 and 16 — Internal market in electricity — Access to distribution systems on non-discriminatory tariff conditions — Public service obligations — Lack of proportionality. Case C-492/14.
- A04
- A03
- Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 26 November 2014. Green Network SpA v Autorità per l’energia elettrica e il gas. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — National support scheme for the consumption of electricity produced from renewable energy sources — Obligation of electricity producers and importers to feed into the national grid a certain quantity of electricity produced from renewable energy sources or, failing that, to purchase ‘green certificates’ from the competent authority — Evidence of such feeding into the grid requiring certificates to be submitted demonstrating the green origin of electricity produced or imported — Acceptance of certificates issued in a third State subject to the conclusion of a bilateral agreement between that third State and the Member State concerned or an agreement between the national grid manager and an equivalent authority of that third State — Directive 2001/77/EC — External competence of the Community — Cooperation in good faith. Case C‑66/13.
- A05
Legal basis
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title XIX: Environment Article 175 Article 130s - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Article 189b - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
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