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Energy performance of buildings (recast)

Reference
2021/0426(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 May 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
MEP #197654
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
4 versions
Opinions from
ENVI

Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 14 February 2022
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 9 February 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 15 January 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 12 March 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 8 May 2024

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

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Lead committee
Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
Rapporteur
MEP #197654 (Greens) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
Isabella TOVAGLIERI (ID), Seán KELLY (EPP), Tsvetelina PENKOVA (S&D), MEP #221463 (ECR) former member, MEP #124872 (Renew) former member, MEP #96820 (The Left) former member
Opinion: ENVI
Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Radan KANEV (EPP)

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

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No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 4

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament12 Mar 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0129/2024 TA-9-2024-0129

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  2. Adopted by Parliament14 Mar 2023

    Adopted text TA9-0068/2023 TA-9-2023-0068

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  3. Tabled for plenary16 Feb 2023

    Report A9-0033/2023 A-9-2023-0033

    Compare with committee draft

  4. Committee draft6 Jun 2022

    Draft report (ITRE) ITRE-PR-732742

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN), Opinion (ENVI), Draft opinion (ENVI)

What changed

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Timeline, 15

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 2 steps · 24 Apr 2024–8 May 2024
  1. 8 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 24 April 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 11 Mar 2024–12 Mar 2024
  1. 12 March 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 12 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0129/2024Report A9-0033/2023

  2. 11 March 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 11 Mar 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0469/2021Report A9-0033/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 14 Mar 2023–15 Jan 2024
  1. 15 January 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  2. 14 March 2023

    Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 2 steps · 13 Mar 2023–14 Mar 2023
  1. 14 March 2023

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 14 Mar 2023 Adopted text TA9-0068/2023Council / Commission text C9-0469/2021Report A9-0033/2023

  2. 13 March 2023

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 13 Mar 2023 Council / Commission text C9-0469/2021Report A9-0033/2023

Committee stage 7 steps · 14 Feb 2022–9 Feb 2023
  1. 9 February 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 26 October 2022

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    JURI-AL-738407

  3. 3 October 2022

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (ENVI)

  4. 16 June 2022

    Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (TRAN)

  5. 6 June 2022

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (ITRE)

  6. 20 April 2022

    Draft opinion from ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (ENVI)

  7. 14 February 2022

    Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Energy performance of buildings (recast)”. Dossier. reference 2021/0426(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0426 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2021/0426(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021%2F0426(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2021-0426,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Energy performance of buildings (recast)}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0426}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0426},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2021/0426(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021\%2F0426(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}