Energy standards in buildings: Italy violates EU law

The EU Court today challenged Italy for not having correctly transposed the 2002 directive on the energy performance of buildings.
This obliges States to ensure that, during the construction, sale or rental of a building, the energy performance certificate is made available to the owner or that he makes it available to the future buyer or tenant.
The Member States had to comply with the aforementioned directive by 4 January 2006. The Commission had already considered the transposition incomplete, reiterated today by the Court which found that the derogation contained in the Italian legislation from the obligation to deliver a certificate relating to energy performance, in the case of renting a building that still lacks it at the time of signing the contract, it does not comply with the directive.
Furthermore, even the self-declaration system by the owner for buildings with a very low energy performance is in conflict with the provisions of Community law.
At the expiry of the deadline set in the supplementary reasoned opinion, Italy had not taken the necessary measures.