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3.46. The package, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016, included several legislative proposals, (...)
d. The revised Energy Efficiency Directive includes an energy efficiency target for the EU for 2030 of 32.5% with an upwards revision clause by 2023. The extension of the energy saving obligation beyond 2020 aims to attract investments in the energy market and encourage the uptake of innovative technologies and services which will stimulate the demand for energy efficiency improvement measures.

3.46. The package, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016, included several legislative proposals, (...)
e. The Energy Performance in Buildings Directive aims to accelerate the cost-effective renovation of existing buildings, with the vision of a decarbonised building stock by 2050 and the mobilisation of investments. It also supports electro-mobility infrastructure deployment in buildings' car parks and introduces new provisions to enhance smart technologies and technical building systems, including automation.

3.46. The package, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016, included several legislative proposals, (...)
f. Energy labelling and eco-design measures under the EU's energy labelling framework regulation and the EU's Ecodesign Directive : The energy labelling measures and eco design measures have been prepared for adoption for domestic refrigerators and freezers, lighting products, televisions and electronic displays, washing machines and washer-dryers, commercial refrigerators and freezers. These measures are progressively submitted to the Council and Parliament for scrutiny, and is planned to be adopted in 2019. Eco-design (only) measures have also been prepared for enterprise servers, electric motors, power transformers, external power supplies, and welding equipment. These measures will help consumers to choose the most energy efficient appliances.

4.12. The only ongoing multilateral negotiation stemming from the Doha Development Agenda, the negotiation to discipline fisheries subsidies aims at prohibiting fisheries subsidies, which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing and eliminating subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The EU has taken a leading position in advancing this important work and is committed to finalising negotiations by December 2019, as agreed in Buenos Aires and in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.6.

4.17. (...) On 21 September 2017, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada entered into provisional application (...) In February 2019, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (the EU-Japan EPA) entered into force.
4.18. The two agreements are new generation free trade agreements. They go beyond trade in goods and services; they cover also intellectual property, investments, government procurement, customs and trade facilitation, competition, regulatory cooperation, trade and sustainable development. (...)

4.20. The Court of Justice confirmed in its opinion 2/15 on the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement that the majority of areas covered by this FTA (ranging from trade in goods, to services, to public procurement or sustainable development) fall under the exclusive competence of the EU. (...)

4.31. The EU Treaties require that the EU's external action promote the principles and international values upon which the European Union is founded, including sustainable development, democracy, the rule of law, and respect for fundamental rights. This is done in a positive, incentive-based way and at different levels.

4.32. At multilateral level and as a WTO Member, the EU is an active player in the WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies and in the WTO Committee on Trade and Development. It also is actively involved in the work of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment and supports efforts to liberalise trade in environmental goods and services.

4.33. At bilateral level, the EU promotes labour and environmental considerations in its trade agreements through dedicated chapters on trade and sustainable development (TSD). Bilateral agreements under implementation that contain such chapters include those with Canada, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, Georgia, Moldova, South Korea and Ukraine. Also, the recently signed agreements with Japan, Mexico, Singapore and Vietnam have a TSD chapter, as does the recently concluded agreement with Mercosur. TSD chapters include commitments to ratify and effectively implement fundamental International Labour Organization conventions and Multilateral Environmental Agreements. The chapters also contain specific provisions on the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources (e.g. timber, fish and wildlife) and the promotion of practices favouring sustainable development and responsible business practices. They also aim to prevent the risk of a race to the bottom, by prohibiting derogations from or lack of enforcement of domestic environmental or labour laws in order to encourage trade and investment.

4.34. At unilateral level, the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) removes duties from products coming into the EU market from vulnerable developing countries. Under the general GSP arrangement, the EU grants partial or full tariff reductions on around 66% of tariff lines. The Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (GSP+) grants mostly duty-free treatment to essentially the same 66% of tariff lines. (...)