Translation of "nouvelle politique d'utilisation des permis " (French → English) :

use it or lose it

Meeting the EU's commitment to act now on greenhouse gases should be at the centre of the new European Energy Policy for three reasons: (i) CO2 emissions from energy make up 80 % of EU GHG emissions, reducing emissions means using less energy and using more clean, locally produced energy, (ii) limiting the EU's growing exposure to increased volatility and prices for oil and gas, and (iii) potentially bringing about a more competitive EU energy market, stimulating innovation technology and jobs.

A new policy approach which considers the issue as a whole, in terms of both use of energy and the security and diversity of supply; linking energy to other policies such as research, agriculture and the environment, for example, bio-energy.

[32] As implementing new policies and adapting existing ones to achieve the necessary decoupling of resource-related negative environmental impacts from economic growth will be a long-term process, the time scale of the strategy is 25 years.

The Commission will: present in 2011 a new strategy on the support of EU SMEs in markets outside the European Union and a strategy for globally competitive clusters and networks[40] with a specific focus on analysing the role played by them in improving SMEs’ competitiveness; address problems of SMEs with regard to the use of the EU Trade Defence Instruments (TDI) by increasing information on and assistance in using these instruments; pursue systematic efforts to eliminate non-tariff barriers in Free Trade Agreements and facilitate SMEs’ access to third country markets and help to enforce IPR, in line with the renewed trade policy.