Source: European Parliament
Directive (EU) 2018/2001[1] (RED II) and Directive (EU) 2024/1711[2] amending Directive (EU) 2019/944 as regards improving the Union’s electricity market design create a comprehensive legal framework for renewables self-consumption, energy sharing and energy communities.
Member States had until 30 June 2021 to transpose RED II into their national legislations. The deadline to transpose the relevant provisions on energy sharing of Directive (EU) 2024/1711, which give final customers engaged in energy sharing the right to have the shared electricity deducted from their total consumption to reduce the customer’s bill, is 17 July 2026.
The infringement proceeding against Italy for partial transposition of RED II (INFR(2021)0266) w as closed in February 2025[3]. The conformity of the transposition will be investigated in a second phase.
In addition, Directive (EU) 2023/2413 amending RED II[4] introduced shorter deadlines for the permit-granting procedure of renewable energy projects, which do also apply to renewables self-consumers and renewable energy communities. Member States had until 1 July 2024 to transpose these rules.
The Commission is currently checking whether the provisions of the directive have been fully transposed and has opened infringement proceedings against a number of Member States, including Italy[5], for failing to transpose into national law the EU permit-granting procedures rules from the directive (EU) 2023/2413. The conformity of the transposition will be investigated in a second phase.
The Commission is working with Member States through e.g. the Concerted Action on the RED to ensure that the provisions are completely and correctly transposed and facilitate self-consumption and renewable energy communities.
- [1] Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82-209.
- [2] Directive (EU) 2024/1711 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001 and (EU) 2019/944 as regards improving the Union’s electricity market design, OJ L, 2024/1711, 26.6.2024.
- [3] https://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu-law/infringements-proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_code=en&langCode=EN&version=v1&typeOfSearch=byDecision&refId=INFR(2021)0266
- [4] Directive (EU) 2023/2413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Directive 98/70/EC as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 (OJ L, 2023/24, 31.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/2413/oj).
- [5] INFR(2024)0232), September infringement package (https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/september-infringement-package-key-decisions-energy-2024-09-26_en) and February infringement package (https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/february-infringement-package-key-decisions-energy-2025-02-12_en).