The EU calls on Croatia to fully transpose the Renewable Energy Directive

May 24 (SeeNews) – The European Commission announced that it has decided to send an additional reasoned opinion to Croatia due to the incomplete transposition of European Union rules on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.

Croatia now has two months to respond and take the necessary measures, the Commission said in a press release on Thursday on the May infringement package. Otherwise, the Commission may decide to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union, she added.

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This directive provides the legal framework for the development of renewable energy in the EU. Sets a binding EU-level target for 2030 of at least 32% of renewable energy in the Union’s gross final energy consumption, as well as specific targets for the heating, cooling and cooling sectors. and transport, the Commission said in a press release. It also facilitates citizen participation in the clean energy transition.

The deadline for transposition of the Directive into national law was 30 June 2021. In July 2021, the Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Croatia and issued a reasoned opinion in May 2022. In February 2023, the Commission decided to refer Croatia to the Commission of the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose the Directive, in particular for failing to provide a correlation table or an explanatory document specifying where the country had transposed each provision. After receiving the correlation table from Croatia, the Commission decided to suspend the proceedings before the Court. After assessing the table, the Commission has concluded that the transposition of the Directive is still not complete.