High Level Group - Reference material

Reports

The High Level Group adopted its fifth and last report on 8 November 2007: "Addressing both international action on climate change and better regulation" [46 KB] .
The fourth report was adopted on 11 June 2007: "Ensuring future sustainability and competitiveness of European enterprises in a low carbon and resource constrained world" [62 KB] .
The third report was issued on 27 February 2007: "Contributing to an integrated approach on competitiveness, energy and the environment policies - Helping energy intensive industries adapt to the energy and climate change challenges; incentives, innovation and technology policies" [55 KB] .
The second report was adopted on 30 October 2006: "Contributing to an integrated approach on competitiveness, energy and the environment policies - Long term energy futures and investment in power generation and energy efficiency" [71 KB] .
The first report was adopted on 2 June 2006: "Contributing to an integrated approach on competitiveness, energy and the environment policies - Functioning of the energy market, access to energy, energy efficiency and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme" [89 KB] .

Ad Hoc Groups documents

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 12 on "Better regulation and competitiveness" - 12.09.2007

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 11 on "International action on climate change" - 11.09.2007

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 10 on "Natural resources, secondary raw materials and waste" - 27.03.2007

Colson [3 MB]
Steinsberg [50 KB]
Afan [46 KB]
Hageluken 1 [35 KB]
Hageluken 2 [26 KB]
Segersteen [13 KB]
Toelle [50 KB]
Vidalis [942 KB]
Lohse [6 MB]
Berg [904 KB]
Kazmierczyk [797 KB]
Ferrigno
Zoboli [182 KB]
Linher [26 KB]
Smolsky 1 [18 KB]
Smolsky 2 [23 KB]
Basuyau [3 MB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 9 on "Furthering economic and environmental performance of EU enterprises" - 26.03.2007

Salminen [32 KB]
Hochfeld [3 MB]
Saenz de Miera [33 KB]
Frey [285 KB]
Blank [110 KB]
Munden 1 [50 KB]
Munden 2 [34 KB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 8 on "Environmentally-harmful subsidies" - 07.12.2006

Markandya [39 KB]
Meyer [137 KB]
Dias Soares [18 KB]
Stevens [67 KB]
Lagerstedt 1 [107 KB]
Lagerstedt 2 [28 KB]
Green [71 KB]
Thoene [34 KB]
Ten Brink [417 KB]
Steenblik [2 MB]
Alecu [635 KB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 7 on "Innovation and technology perspective in the energy intensive industries in Europe" - 08.12.2006

Norris [76 KB]
Stankiewicz [7 MB]
Gerber [3 MB]
Lohse [2 MB]
Rushworth [776 KB]
Degre 1 [2 MB]
Degre 2 [5 MB]
Solli [880 KB]
Julien [102 KB]
Hargreaves [3 MB]
Vasara [2 MB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 6 on "Drivers for Investment in Innovative Technologies, in Power Generation and Energy Efficiency" - 11.07.2006

Stephen Woodhous (PÖYRY) [309 KB]
Tobias Becker (ABB)
Antonio José Coutinho (EDP) [66 KB]
Antonio Lopez De Sebastian (UNESA) [54 KB]
Bart Jan Krouwel (Rabobank) [126 KB]
David Vincent (Carbon Trust) [40 KB]
David Gray (OFGEM) [48 KB]
Denis Givois (Dalkia) [20 KB]
Francesco Giorgianni (ENEL) [185 KB]
Karl Buttiens (Eurofer) [36 KB]
JP Gourlia-Desmarest (TOTAL) [212 KB]
Matthias Duerr (RWE) [73 KB]
Michaela Pulkert (HVA-AG) [166 KB]
Mike Farley (Mitsui Babcock) [23 KB]
Olivier Debande [254 KB]
Peter Hobson (EBRD) [53 KB]
Reinhard Klopfleisch [25 KB]
Wolfgang Gerhardt (BASF) [21 KB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 5 on "Long Term Energy Future for the European Union" - 12.07.2006

Laura Cozzi (Internacional Energy Agency) [128 KB]
Monique Hoogwijk (ECOFYS) [108 KB]
Nebojsa Nakicenovic [357 KB] (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Vienna University of Technology)
Nicole Dellero (AREVA) [2 MB]
Pantelis Capros ( ICCS-NTUA) [68 KB]
Arthouros Zervos (EREC- EWEA) [66 KB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 4 on "Energy Efficiency" - 27.03.2006

Astarita (Federchimica - Confindustria) presentation [304 KB]
Astarita (Federchimica - Confindustria) statement [22 KB]
Axelsson (Skogs Industrierna) [146 KB]
Bouttes (Electricité de France) [34 KB]
Bugge Garn (EURIMA) [681 KB]
Fabbri (WWF - EPO) [225 KB]
Froning (Euroheat & Power) [2 MB]
Harris (ORGALIME) [83 KB]
Kremer (EUnited Turbines) [2 MB]
Meli (CECED) [812 KB]
Minett (COGEN Europe) [4 MB]
Scowcroft (Eurelectric) [144 KB]
Von Zengen (EAA) [676 KB]
Wilde (Carbon Trust) [2 MB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 3 on "Competitiveness of and access to cost-effective energy inputs for energy intensive industries" - 31.03.2006

Boehnke [20 KB]
Brenner (WKO) [559 KB]
Capmas (Cement Industry) [731 KB]
Claes (CEFIC) [40 KB]
Cullen (DTI) [141 KB]
Engelhardt (WVM) [337 KB]
Goldsmith (CORUS) [932 KB]
Hannus (StoraEnso) [90 KB]
Harnisch (ECOFYS) [600 KB]
Haslauer [420 KB]
Hesseling (Nederlandse Mededingsautoriteit) [54 KB]
Jansen (The Boston Consulting Group) [1006 KB]
Jones [868 KB]
Kristoffersen [124 KB]
Llarden (SEDIGAS) [395 KB]
Morel [86 KB]
Profili (EAA) [2 MB]
Schyns (DSM) [41 KB]
Silvernoinen (UPM) [891 KB]
Ten Berge (Eurelectric) [918 KB]
Vermeire (EC consultant) [73 KB]
Warny (Solvay) [88 KB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 2 on "The EU Emissions Trading Scheme" - 30.03.2006

Azar [56 KB]
BDM Wirtschaft und Arbeit [27 KB]
BP [171 KB]
Can Europe [48 KB]
Capros [96 KB]
Carbon Trust [266 KB]
CEPS [81 KB]
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein [700 KB]
ECN [35 KB]
EDF
Edison [307 KB]
Ellerman [18 KB]
IETRA [120 KB]
Internacional Energy Agency [36 KB]
Öko Institut [38 KB]
R de Lannoy [26 KB]
V Schyns [49 KB]
Wells [171 KB]

Presentations delivered at the Ad Hoc Group 1 on "The functioning of the electricity and gas market" - 29.03.2006

Iberdrola [40 KB]
Eurométaux [52 KB]
European Aluminium Association [142 KB]
Cefic [131 KB]
Gabe [25 KB] /Rule Adequacy [19 KB]
UNICE [13 KB]
Confindustria [214 KB]
Electricité de France
JP Bouttes, Predictability [28 KB]
European Federation Public Service Trade [15 KB]
DTI [14 KB]
Greenpeace [20 KB]
TSO [32 KB]
Fingrid Oyj [57 KB]
European Union of Natural Gas Industry [13 KB]
Vattenfall [24 KB]
E Control [15 KB]
SCA [74 KB]
E on AG [26 KB]
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber [15 KB]
Dutch Competition Authority [27 KB]
International Energy Agency [29 KB]

Background information

Building a global low-carbon economy, Commission's proposals to fight climate change and promote renewable energy in line with EU commitments (23 January 2008)

Green Paper - A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy (COM(2006) 105 final of 08.03.2006)

Commission Decision setting up a High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment pdf