Compatibility of National Renewable Energies Support Schemes to the European Union Free Movement of Goods Law
| Autor | Tomás Restrepo Rodríguez |
| Páginas | 13-41 |
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compatibility of national renewable energies
support schemes to the european union
free movement of goods law
tomáS reStrepo rodríguez*
aBBrevIatIoNS
EC European Community
ecj European Court of Justice
Ed., eds. editor/edition. editors
e.g. exempli gratia (for example)
et. al. et alii (and others)
etc. et cetera
Ibid. ibidem (in the same place)
i.e. id est (that is to say)
meqrs Measures having equivalent effect to Quantitative
Restrictions
NrSs National Renewable Energies Support Schemes
favoring local producers
Op. cit. Opere Citato (in the work cited)
p., pp. page, pages.
par., paras. paragraph, paragraphs
tfeu Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
* Abogado de la Universidad Externado de Colombia con estudios de maestría
en derecho bancario y financiero de la Universidad de Londres. Es profesor
e investigador de los departamentos de Derecho Civil y derecho Minero-
Energético de la Universidad Externado de Colombia, donde ha publicado
varios artículos y el libro “La servidumbre petrolera”. Profesionalmente ha
desempeñado cargos gerenciales en compañías de la industria petrolera y
consultor en asuntos de derecho privado y derecho energético.
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INtroductIoN
According to Article 194(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning
of the European Union (hereunder tfeu) the promotion of
renewable energies is one of the objectives of the European
Union energy policy. In this regard, the Energy Union
Package -drafted by the European Commission in 20151-
not only reiterates this objective but also states that “(t)he
European Union is committed to becoming the world leader
in renewable energy”.
The key legal instrument for the promotion of renewable
energy is Directive 2009/28/EC2. This Directive sets indi-
vidual targets of renewable energy production to Member
States3 in order to reach the common EU target of 20% gross
production from renewable energies by 20204. Besides, Ar-
ticle 3 Directive 2009/28/EC permits EU members to adopt
renewable energy support schemes and, moreover, Recital
25 provides that “it is vital that Member States can control
the effect and costs of their national support schemes ac-
cording to their different potentials”.
Energy support schemes may be shaped in different
manners: Feed in tariffs, feed in premiums, investment
support, quota obligations, loans, subsidies, net-metering
and tax exemptions, have been some of the vehicles chosen
1 Commission Communication, Energy Union Package: A framework strategy
for a resilient energy union with a forward-Looking climate change policy,
com(2015).
2 T. Wyns et al, EU governance on renewables energy post 2020 –risk and
options-, Institute for European Studies, 2014, p. 3-4.
3 See Annex. I: National overall targets for the share of energy from renewable
sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2020.
4 Recital 3, Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable
sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/
EC and 2003/30/EC. Commission Communication of 10 January 2007:
“Renewable Energy Road Map. Renewable energies in the 21st century:
building a more sustainable future”, com(2006) 848 final.
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