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Energy Act 2016 (No. 12 of 2016).

Pays/Territoire
Irlande
Type du document
Législation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Titre complet
An Act to change the name of the Commission for Energy Regulation; to confer on the Commission powers to carry out investigations and impose administrative sanction; to give further effect to Directive No. 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 20031 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC; to give further effect to Regulation (EC) 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 20092 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and for that purpose to make provision in respect of certain revised arrangements in the State and Northern Ireland relating to the Single Electricity Market; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) No. 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 20113 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency and for that purpose to amend the European Union (Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 480 of 2014); for those and other purposes to amend the Registration of Title Act 1964, the Gas Act 1976, the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, the Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002, the Sustainable Energy Act 2002 and the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007; to amend the Continental Shelf Act 1968; to repeal the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1946; and to provide for related matters.
Sujet
Énergie, Environnement gén., Eau
Mot clé
Conservation de l'énergie/production de l'énergie Institution Développement durable Planification environnementale Éco-produits/processus écologique Politique/planification Ouvrages Production d'énergie hydroélectrique
Aire géographique
Îles de l'Océan Atlantique, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Atlantique Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Nord
Résumé

This Act reforms certain elements of the energy sector in Ireland, also in relation with sustainable development of the energy sector. It provides for, among other things: the renaming of the Commission For Energy Regulation (CER) as the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU); a wider definition of the existing Single Electricity Market (SEM), to facilitate the North/South regulators' integrated Single Electricity Market, or I-SEM, project; enhanced enforcement powers for the Commission for Energy Regulation, including powers to impose administrative sanctions; increases of existing penalty levels on conviction from those already in the 2014 REMIT Statutory Instrument which relate to market abuse offences in the wholesale electricity and gas markets pursuant to the requirements of the EU's REMIT Regulation; amendment of existing legislation (including the Sustainable Energy Act 2002) in respect of appointments to the Board of the Sustainable Energy Authority; increased flexibility in the administration of the Biofuels Obligations Scheme by the National Oil Reserves Agency; publication of an energy strategy statement by the Commission for Energy Regulation.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.irishstatutebook.ie

Références - Législation

Amende

Sustainable Energy Act, 2002 (No. 2 of 2002).

Législation | Irlande | 2002

Mot clé: Lutte contre la pollution, Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air, Conservation de l'énergie/production de l'énergie, Institution, Gestion des resources en eau douce, Approvisionnement en eau

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Continental Shelf Act, 1968.

Législation | Irlande | 1968 (2000)

Mot clé: Pollution de la mer, Pêche maritime, Zone marine, Plateau continental, Infractions/sanctions, Souveraineté

Source: FAO, FAOLEX