Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources
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The Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources, officially 2001/77/EC and popularly better known as the 'RES Directive' is a European Union directive for promoting the use of renewable energy sources in EU electricity production. The directive entered into force in October 2001, and sets national "indicative" targets for renewable energy production from individual member states. As the name implies, these targets are not strictly enforced. However, The European Commission will monitor the progress made by the Member States in pursuing national targets and will, if necessary, propose mandatory targets for States failing to achieve their targets.
The targets should be seen as a contribution to achieving the overall indicative EU target (from the white paper on renewable sources of energy) of 12 % of gross renewable domestic energy consumption by 2010, and 22,1 % share of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in 2010.
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[edit] National targets
The following table lists the indicative targets for each of the 15 original member states, and for comparison the share of renewable electricity in 1997 as well.
| Country | % in 1997 | target (%) in 2010 |
| Belgium | 1,1 | 6 |
| Denmark | 8,7 | 29 |
| Germany | 4,5 | 12,5 |
| Greece | 8,6 | 20,1 |
| Spain | 19,9 | 29,4 |
| France | 15 | 21 |
| Ireland | 3,6 | 13,2 |
| Italy | 16 | 25 |
| Luxembourg | 2,1 | 5,7 |
| Netherlands | 3,5 | 9 |
| Austria | 70 | 78,1 |
| Portugal | 38,5 | 39 |
| Finland | 24,7 | 31,5 |
| Sweden | 49,1 | 60 |
| United Kingdom | 7,04 | 10,0 |
| European Community overall | 13,9 | 22 |
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DIRECTIVE 2001/77/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market. Published 27.10.2001 in the Official Journal of the European Communities: L 283/33
