SAVE II, energy efficiency: multiannual programme 1998-2202

The common position takes up 3 amendments adopted by the European Parliament in its first reading and accepted by the Commission. On a number of points, it simplifies and updates the Commission's proposal by placing it clearly within the context of the multiannual framework programme for the energy sector which is the subject of Council Decision 1999/21/EC. Furthermore, the common position sets the budget for the implementation of the SAVE programme at 64 million euros (25.6 million for 1998-99 and, in the form of a reference amount, 38.4 million euros for 2000-2002). The programme will be reviewed, taking into account the priority given to activities undertaken in the energy field, before the end of the year 2000.�