Public Consultation: General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)

The revision of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) has the potential to support the huge financial investment required by the EU’s undertakings to significantly improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, reduce their energy consumption and help the EU achieve a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050.

EuroACE believes that the following recommendations could greatly improve the text of the GBER:

• Make the Energy Efficiency First principle an overarching guiding principle of the Regulation
• Account for both primary and final energy demand when referring to energy savings
• Allow State aid to be used for supporting undertakings to comply with minimum energy performance standards (MEPS)
• Increase the aid intensity and maximum aid amounts for ‘deeper renovation’ activities that lead to a reduction of energy demand of at least 60%
• Extend the scope of Article 38 paragraphs 3b, 6a and 7 to all buildings
• Exclude State aid for fossil fuel-powered energy equipment