Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC Text with EEA relevance
- In force
- CELEX number: 32012L0027
- Official Journal: JOL_2012_315_R_0001_01
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2011/0172(COD), 2011/0172/COD
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Dates
Date of document: - October 25, 2012
- November 14, 2012
- December 4, 2012
- Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 29
- June 5, 2014
- At the latest See Art 28
- July 17, 2024
- Partial end of validity Art. 27.3 Implicitly repealed by 32024R1781
- October 11, 2025
- Repealed by 32023L1791
Modified by
Modified by:
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.) - detail
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/807 of 15 December 2022 on revising the primary energy factor for electricity in application of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council - detail
- Directive (EU) 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (Text with EEA relevance.) - detail
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/826 of 4 March 2019 amending Annexes VIII and IX to Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the contents of comprehensive assessments of the potential for efficient heating and cooling - detail
- Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (recast) (Text with EEA relevance.) - detail
- Council Directive 2013/12/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia - detail
- Decision (EU) 2019/504 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency and Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, by reason of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Union (Text with EEA relevance.) - detail
- Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (Text with EEA relevance) - detail
All documents based on this document:
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2402 of 12 October 2015 reviewing harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity and heat in application of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2011/877/EU
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/826 of 4 March 2019 amending Annexes VIII and IX to Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the contents of comprehensive assessments of the potential for efficient heating and cooling
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/807 of 15 December 2022 on revising the primary energy factor for electricity in application of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2104 of 4 July 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2402 as regards the review of harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity and heat in application of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
Modifies
Modifies:
- Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two
- Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
- Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One
- Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
Repeal:
- Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC
- Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on energy end-use efficiency and energy services and repealing Council Directive 93/76/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 August 2018. Saras Energía SA v Administración del Estado. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2012/27/EU — Article 7(1), (4) and (9) — Article 20(4) and (6) — Promotion of energy efficiency — Energy efficiency obligation scheme — Other policy measures — Energy Efficiency National Fund — Establishment of such a fund as the main measure implementing energy efficiency obligations — Contribution obligation — Designation of the obligated parties — Energy distributors and/or retail energy sales companies. Case C-561/16.
- A20
- A07P10
- A07P1
- A07
- A07P11
- Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 May 2019. Proceedings brought by Oulun Sähkönmyynti Oy. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Markkinaoikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Energy efficiency — Directive 2012/27/EU — Article 11(1) — Cost of access to metering and billing information — Right of final customers to receive all their bills and billing information relating to their energy consumption free of charge — Electricity network charges — Discount on electricity network charges granted by an electricity retail sales company to customers who have chosen electronic billing. Case C-294/18.
- A11P1
- Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 December 2019. „EVN Bulgaria Toplofikatsia“ EAD v Nikolina Stefanova Dimitrova and „Toplofikatsia Sofia“ EAD v Mitko Simeonov Dimitrov. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Asenovgrad and Sofiyski rayonen sad. References for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 2011/83/EU — Consumer law — Article 2(1) — Concept of ‘consumer’ — Article 3(1) — Contract concluded between a trader and a consumer — Contract for the supply of district heating — Article 27 — Inertia selling — Directive 2005/29/EC — Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market — Article 5 — Prohibition of unfair commercial practices — Annex I — Unsolicited supply — National law requiring each owner of a property in a building in co-ownership connected to a district heating network to contribute to the costs of thermal energy consumption by the common areas and internal installation of the building — Energy efficiency — Directive 2006/32/EC — Article 13(2) — Directive 2012/27/EU — Article 10(1) — Billing information — National law providing that, in a building in co-ownership, bills for the consumption of thermal energy by the internal installation are calculated, for each owner of an apartment in the building, in proportion to the heated volume of his or her apartment. Joined Cases C-708/17 and C-725/17.
- A10P1
- Case C-289/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad (Bulgaria) lodged on 5 May 2021 — IG v Varhoven administrativen sad
- article 9
- article 10
- Case C-561/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 7 November 2016 — Saras Energía SA v Administración del Estado
- article 7 paragraph 4
- article 7 paragraph 1
- article 20 paragraph 6
- article 20 paragraph 4
- Case C-294/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Markkinaoikeus (Finland) lodged on 27 April 2018 — Oulun Sähkönmyynti Oy
- article 11 paragraph 1
- Case C-760/23, Shanov: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Plovdiv (Bulgaria) lodged on 8 December 2023 — ‘EVN Bulgaria Toplofikatsia’ EAD v OZ
- article 9 paragraph 3
Legal basis
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART SIX - INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS TITLE I - INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Chapter 2 - Legal acts of the Union, adoption procedures and other provisions Section 2 - Procedures for the adoption of acts and other provisions Article 294(ex Article 251 TEC)
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE XXI - ENERGY Article 194
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- Energy saving
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- Rational utilisation and conservation of energy
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