Energy Management Act - Amended

Country	Czech-Republic
Year Implemented	2006 (planned 2011)
Policy Status	In force
Date Effective	1 July 2006
Agency	•Ministry of Industry and Trade
Policy Supersedes	Energy Economy Act - Labels and Standards Energy Economy Act - Audits Energy Management Act
Policy Type	•Education and Outreach   •Comparison Label   •Promotion •Policy Processes   •Strategic Planning •Regulatory Instruments   •Auditing   •Mandates
Policy Target	•Fossil Fuels •Multiple Renewable Energy Sources   •Heating
Policy Sector	•Framework Policy
Description	The Energy Management Act aims to increase energy efficiency during distribution and transfer, energy consumption and gas storage together with related activity. Law prescribes obligations of individual and legal entities during handling energy, i.e. performing energy audits, obeying rules for creation of State Energy Conception, town planning energy schemes and National Programme for Economical Energy Management and Use of Renewable and Secondary Energy Sources. The Act also prescribes obligations during generation of heat and cool, inacts labelling of power appliances and obligations for builders and building owners aimed at energy conservation. In April 2007, the Czech Government approved the latest amendment of the Act on Energy Management with implemented Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using appliances and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. In 2010, new measures are to be introduced as part of the Act. This involves changes to the energy auditor's certification system, and amendment related to regulatory developments at the EU level: The extension of the ecodesign directive to energy-using products (such as windows, doors), and the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
URL	www.mpo.cz
Legal References	Act No. 177/2006 Coll. amending Act. No 406/2000 Coll.