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Energy audit requirements and standards in Romania

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  1. What is the current status in your jurisdiction of implementation of the mandatory energy audit requirements of Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EC on Energy Efficiency (the Energy Efficiency Directive or EED)?
  2. What are the routes to compliance/key obligations?
  3. Who has to comply/what are the qualification criteria?
  4. If relevant, what is the first qualification date?
  5. What are the sanctions for non-compliance?
Romania

1. What is the current status in your jurisdiction of implementation of the mandatory energy audit requirements of Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EC on Energy Efficiency (the Energy Efficiency Directive or EED)?

Fully implemented by Law no. 121 on Energy Efficiency dated 18/07/2014 and in force (from 01/08/2014).

2. What are the routes to compliance/key obligations?

Qualifying undertakings must undertake energy audits by 05/12/2015 and every four years thereafter if they continue to qualify.

3. Who has to comply/what are the qualification criteria?

Qualifying undertakings are those which meet one of the following:

  1. i. Economic operators which are consuming energy over 1,000 tonnes equivalent petroleum/year; or
  2. ii. Economic operators which are consuming energy under 1,000 tonnes equivalent petroleum/year (except SMEs).

For the purposes of the test in ii) an SME is defined as an undertaking with i) << 250 employees; and ii) an annual turnover of ≤ EUR 50m, and/or an annual balance sheet total of ≤ EUR 43m.

4. If relevant, what is the first qualification date?

There is no concept of “qualification date” under implementing Romanian law 121/2014. Qualifying undertakings have to comply with the obligations from the date on which the implementing legislation entered into force and must complete energy audits by the compliance deadline.

5. What are the sanctions for non-compliance?

Civil fines between RON 1,000 (approximately EUR 225) and RON 200,000 (approximately EUR 44,955).