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Document 32009R0663
European energy programme for recovery
It sets up the European energy programme for recovery (EEPR) to fund projects in key areas of the energy sector:
It was established to support the EU’s:
The programme finances gas and electricity infrastructure projects which aim to:
Offshore wind projects are given funding when they meet certain criteria which take into account the construction of the infrastructure, the innovative features of the project and the project’s contribution to the existing wind energy grid.
Carbon capture and storage projects are given funding when the project demonstrates that it can capture at least 80 % of carbon dioxide (CO2) in industrial installations.
The programme’s budget totals €3.98 billion, broken down as follows:
The European Energy Efficiency Fund, established in 2011, took over the role of allocating money to projects that support energy efficiency. It supports projects concerning:
Reports
The European Commission publishes reports every year on the EEPR’s implementation. A report on the EEPR published in 2018 after 7 years of implementation shows that:
It has applied since 1 August 2009.
The EEPR forms part of the economic recovery plan, established to remedy the effects of the financial and energy crisis that affected the European economy in 2008.
For more information, see:
Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (OJ L 200, 31.7.2009, pp. 31-45)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — On the implementation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery (COM(2018) 86 final, 5.3.2018)
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — On the implementation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery and the European Energy Efficiency Fund (COM(2016) 743 final, 28.11.2016)
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — On the implementation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery and the European Energy Efficiency Fund (COM(2015) 484 final, 8.10.2015)
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — On the implementation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery (COM(2014) 669 final, 28.10.2014)
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — On the implementation of the European energy programme for recovery (COM(2013) 791 final, 18.11.2013)
Commission staff working document — Mid-term evaluation of the European Energy Efficiency Fund accompanying the document — Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — On the implementation of the European energy programme for recovery (SWD(2013) 457 final, 18.11.2013)
Communication from the Commission to the European Council — A European Economic Recovery Plan (COM(2008) 800 final, 26.11.2008)
last update 14.09.2018