On the morning of June 9, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on receiving, explaining, and revising the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy.
Regarding the Fund for promoting the use of energy economically and efficiently, the Standing Committee of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment agreed on the necessity of regulating the establishment of the Fund in the draft Law to institutionalize Resolution No. 55-NQ/TW dated February 11, 2020 of the Politburo .
According to Chairman of the Committee Le Quang Huy, currently, many countries in the world have also established Energy Saving Funds to support activities of efficient energy use (such as the US, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Korea, China...).
The Fund's activities will promote investment and use of energy-saving technologies and equipment, contributing to increasing labor productivity, innovating growth models, saving energy, ensuring energy security and protecting the environment.
The draft Law has stipulated a number of main and principled contents on the Fund's organizational model, financial sources for establishing the Fund, and the Fund's operations under the trust method... The draft Law assigns the Government and the Prime Minister to regulate specific issues.
Regarding the proposal to integrate the Fund into a number of other existing funds, the Standing Committee of the Committee believes that the Fund should be established separately to support projects using energy saving and efficiency with the characteristics of requiring large capital sources and long capital recovery periods.
The Fund operates on the principle of ensuring capital preservation with capital sources mainly coming from socialization, while other funds such as the National Technology Innovation Fund, the Environmental Protection Fund, etc. use capital from the state budget and have low credit limits. Therefore, it is proposed to keep this content as in the draft Law.
Regarding the expansion of energy labeling for construction materials, according to Chairman Le Quang Huy, construction materials used for buildings and constructions have a great influence on the energy efficiency of the constructions.
The addition of regulations on energy labeling for construction materials in the draft Law is necessary, creating a legal basis for the Ministry of Construction to organize the implementation of measures to use energy economically and efficiently in the construction industry. Thereby, contributing to improving the competitiveness of enterprises and expanding the market towards green transition.
Incorporating delegates' opinions, the draft Law has been reviewed and relevant regulations have been revised to ensure consistency and synchronization; at the same time, the Ministry of Construction has been assigned to specify this content.
Regarding the proposal to assess the feasibility of energy labeling, the Standing Committee of the Science, Technology and Environment Committee said that in order to prepare for the implementation of energy labeling for construction materials, the Ministry of Construction has been researching and developing a project, including the assessment of impacts and feasibility such as choosing national or international standards suitable to the socio-economic conditions of our country, the capacity of testing organizations, the capacity of domestic manufacturing enterprises in each period and focusing on a number of subjects and types of construction materials.
Because energy labeling of construction materials is a new activity, the draft Law has developed policies to encourage and support businesses, organizations and individuals to comply with regulations.
At the same time, the Ministry of Construction is assigned to issue a list and roadmap for applying energy labeling for construction material products in accordance with actual conditions.
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