Source: European Parliament
Renewable energy sources are necessary to achieve our decarbonisation targets and reach climate neutrality by 2050. The EU legislative framework in place fosters their deployment.
While the Renewable Energy Directive[1] sets an overall EU target of 42.5% renewable energy by 2030, as well as several sectoral targets, it does not set technology-specific targets.
The EU legislative framework leaves discretion to Member States on technologies and what contribution they put forward, provided that the overall ambition is aligned with the achievement of the EU target.
The infringement procedure that the Commission opened in September 2024 (INFR(2024)0227)[2] is related to incomplete transposition of the permitting provisions of the directive 2023/2413[3] by the transposition deadline (1 July 2024).
The correct transposition and implementation of EU law is crucial for achieving the policy goals of the Commission. To that end, the Commission services are in contact with the French authorities regarding this ongoing infringement procedure .
- [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02018L2001-20240716
- [2] https://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu-law/infringements-proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_code=en&langCode=EN&version=v1&typeOfSearch=byDecision&decisionDateFrom=01%2F08%2F2024&decisionDateTo=02%2F10%2F2024&dg=ENER&memberState=FR&page=1&size=10&order=desc&sortColumns=decisionDate&title=permitting&refId=INFR(2024)0227
- [3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/2413/oj/eng