European Commission and Directorate-General for Energy 30 November 2016, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 30.11.2016 SWD(2016) 405 final COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency {COM(2016) 761 final} {SWD(2016) 406 final} Table of Contents Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations 1 What is the problem and why is it a