Council Decision (EU) 2025/1430 of 8 July 2025 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement (RED II) (Text with EEA relevance)
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The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
The text of point 41 (Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IV to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following: ‘ 32018 L 2001 : Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources ( OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82 ), as corrected by OJ L 311, 25.9.2020, p. 11 and OJ L 41, 22.2.2022, p. 37 , as amended by: — 32022 R 0759 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/759 of 14 December 2021 ( OJ L 139, 18.5.2022, p. 1 ). Decisions on recognition of voluntary schemes for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council are referred to in Chapter XVII of Annex II. The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: (a) Articles 3(1), 3(5), 3(6), 5(4), 5(5) and 8 shall not apply to the EFTA States. (b) In Article 3: (i) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph shall be added: “Each EFTA State shall set a national indicative renewable energy target expressed as a share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption in 2030, as part of its respective integrated national energy and climate plan in accordance with Articles 3 to 5 and 9 to 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In preparing their draft integrated national energy and climate plans, EFTA States may consider the formula referred to in Annex II to that Regulation.” ; (ii) in paragraph 4, the following subparagraph shall be added: “From 1 January 2026, the share of energy from renewable sources in each EFTA State’s gross final consumption of energy shall not be lower than the baseline share shown in the third column of the table in Part A of Annex I. The EFTA States shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with that baseline share.”. (c) In Article 4: (i) in paragraph 1, the following sentence shall be added: “In order for the EFTA States to reach or exceed their respective national indicative renewable energy targets set in Article 3(2) of this Directive, the EFTA States may apply support schemes.” ; (ii) in paragraph 3, the words “the applicable Union law on the internal market for electricity” shall be replaced by the words “legislation on the internal market for electricity applicable pursuant to the EEA Agreement”. (d) In Article 5(2), the words “Union law on the internal market in electricity” shall be replaced by the words “legislation on the internal market in electricity applicable pursuant to the EEA Agreement”. (e) In Articles 4(9), 6(1), 21(7) and 22(7), the words “Articles 107 and 108 TFEU” shall be replaced by “Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA Agreement”. (f) In the third subparagraph of Article 7(5), the word “, Iceland” shall be inserted after the word “Cyprus”. (g) In Article 16(4) and (5), the words “, or where Norway has a duty to consult the Sami people” shall be inserted after the words “extraordinary circumstances”. (h) In Article 16(6), the words “, or where Norway has a duty to consult the Sami people,” shall be inserted after the word “installation”. (i) In Article 19(11), the following subparagraphs shall be added: “EFTA States shall not recognise guarantees of origin issued by a third country except where the Union has concluded an agreement with that third country on mutual recognition of guarantees of origin issued in the Union and compatible guarantees of origin systems established in that third country, and the EFTA States have concluded a substantially equivalent agreement with that third country, and only where there is a direct import or export of energy. The EFTA States shall endeavour to conclude agreements referred to in the first subparagraph.”. (j) In Articles 19(12) and 36(3), the words “Union law” shall be replaced by the words “the EEA Agreement”. (k) In Article 20(3), the words “or, as regards the EFTA States, their respective national indicative renewable energy target set in accordance with Article 3(2)” shall be inserted after the words “Union target set in Article 3(1) of this Directive”. (l) In Article 23(1), the words “and calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 7, without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article” shall not apply to the EFTA States. (m) In Article 23(2)(b), the words “or, as regards the EFTA States, where its share of renewable energy, including renewable electricity, used in the heating and cooling sector is above 60 %, may count any such share as fulfilling the average annual increase” shall be inserted after the words “the average annual increase”. (n) In Article 29(1)(a), the words “contributing towards the Union target set in Article 3(1) and” shall not apply to the EFTA States. (o) Articles 25 to 31 shall not apply to Liechtenstein until incorporation of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413 into the EEA Agreement. (p) The following shall be added to the table in point A of Annex I: Share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy, 2005 (S 2005 ) Target for share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy, 2020 (S 2020 ) “Iceland 55,0 % 64 % Norway 58,2 % 67,5 % Liechtenstein 7 % 24 %” (q) In points (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 6 of Annex IV, the words “national and Union law” shall be replaced by “national law and legislation applicable pursuant to the EEA Agreement”.’
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/759 and Directive (EU) 2018/2001, as corrected by OJ L 311, 25.9.2020, p. 11 and OJ L 41, 22.2.2022, p. 37 , in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union , shall be authentic.
This Decision shall enter into force on …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union .
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