Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on energy end-use efficiency and energy services and repealing Council Directive 93/76/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) (c. 32)

CHAPTER I U.K. SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE

Article 1 U.K. Purpose

The purpose of this Directive is to enhance the cost-effective improvement of energy end-use efficiency in the Member States by:

(a)

providing the necessary indicative targets as well as mechanisms, incentives and institutional, financial and legal frameworks to remove existing market barriers and imperfections that impede the efficient end use of energy;

(b)

creating the conditions for the development and promotion of a market for energy services and for the delivery of other energy efficiency improvement measures to final consumers.