- Phase
- Act No. 406/2000 Coll. on energy management
- Native name
- Zákon č. 406/2000 Sb. o hospodaření s energií
- Type
- Employer's obligation to improve energy efficiency
- Added to database
- 17 May 2021
Article
Title IV. - Certain measures for increasing the efficiency of energy use
Description
This law aims to improve the effectiveness of energy management within the National Programme to Abate Climate Change Impacts in Czechia. The individual provisions concern the state administration, companies and individuals and regulate, for example, measures for increasing the efficiency of energy use and the obligations of natural and legal persons in energy management, rules for the development of the State Energy Concept, the Territorial Energy Concept and the State Programme for the Promotion of Energy Saving, requirements for the ecodesign of products related to energy consumption, requirements for the indication of energy consumption on energy labels of products, requirements for information and education in the field of energy saving and the use of renewable resources, and some rules for the provision of energy services.
The law has introduced a series of strategic measures to increase energy efficiency and to reduce energy consumption, including introducing requirements for eco-design and energy-consuming products and establishing a state program in support of energy savings and the use of renewable energy sources.
The energy management act was amended in 2013, with an aim of addressing the increased energy consumption in the building sector and the high energy intensity of the economy. The amendment introduced stricter standards for energy efficiency in the residential sector.
Citation
Eurofound (2021), Czechia: Employer's obligation to improve energy efficiency, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/employers-obligation-to-improve-energy-efficiency/czechia