Question for written answerE-009586-14to the CommissionRule 130Javi López(S&D)(21 November 2014)Subject: Measures for optimising energy consumption on pig farms

Among the EU’s objectives for 2020 is to achieve 20% of energy production from renewable sources, which is proposed to rise to at least 27% in 2030

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/es/ec/145368.pdf

. However, the Spanish Government

https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2013-13645#analisis

 has altered the regulatory framework with respect to both energy production and energy consumption. The new regulations affect both citizens and businesses, among the latter pig farms, whose livestock excretions used to be processed in treatment plants to produce energy. However, due to the new regulations, these plants have now had to close. Other EU countries use livestock excretions to generate energy to power these farms, but this option is now totally unviable in Spain, thanks to the new regulations, which puts Spanish farms in a situation of discrimination.

Bearing in mind the importance of the single market and the principle of non-discrimination:

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What steps does the Commission propose to take to ensure that the Spanish Government respects the guidelines and objectives

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-820_es.htm

in relation to renewable energy and the legal guarantees for citizens and businesses, and to enable renewable energy to become an option that is promoted rather than penalised in the Spanish regulatory framework?