A group of MEPs from the PfE Group has tabled a motion for a European Parliament resolution objecting to Commission delegated regulation C(2025)08723, which would amend Annex III to Directive (EU) 2024/1275 on the energy performance of buildings. The text targets the proposed Union framework for the national calculation of buildings’ life-cycle global warming potential, arguing that it would add technical and administrative requirements with economic effects for the construction sector and housing.
The motion says the delegated regulation sets a detailed and technically binding methodology for calculating buildings’ life-cycle GWP and argues that this goes beyond the non-essential elements that may be covered by a delegated act under Article 290 TFEU. It also says the measure would impose additional constraints on construction companies, particularly SMEs, and create financial effects for households and local authorities.
As part of its case, the motion cites housing and construction data referenced in the text. It says 8.2% of Union residents spend 40% or more of their disposable income on housing, while average housing sale prices in the Union have risen by 55.4% since 2010 and average rents by 26.7%. It also cites European Investment Bank data saying that meeting housing demand in the Union would have required approximately one million additional dwellings.
The motion further points to a 19.6% fall in building permits for new dwellings in 2023, a decline of more than 2% in construction investment in 2024, and a rise in the euro area construction cost index from 62 in 2000 to 116 at the end of 2023. It says the delegated regulation would add regulatory complexity, raise construction costs and further worsen housing affordability.
In the text, the signatories call for the delegated regulation not to enter into force and ask the Commission to submit a new delegated regulation in the third quarter of 2026, limited in scope and leaving Member States control over key calculation parameters. They also call for a revision of Directive (EU) 2024/1275, supported by a comprehensive impact assessment focused on affordability and compliance costs, and say the Commission should consider all options, including repeal.