2024
Adaptation, Experimentation or Conservation? The Uses of Differentiated implementation under the Energy Efficiency Directive
HOPPE, Alexander; Michael HÜBNER; Sebastiaan PRINCEN and Martin ŠVECBasic information
Original name
Adaptation, Experimentation or Conservation? The Uses of Differentiated implementation under the Energy Efficiency Directive
Authors
HOPPE, Alexander; Michael HÜBNER; Sebastiaan PRINCEN and Martin ŠVEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies, Hoboken, Wiley, 2024, 0021-9886
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
50501 Law
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.100 in 2023
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14220/24:00136595
Organization unit
Faculty of Law
UT WoS
001274742100001
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-105001726990
Keywords (in Czech)
Energetika; Energetická účinnost; právo EU
Keywords in English
Energy Law; Energy Efficiency; EU Law
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 11/7/2025 12:47, Mgr. Petra Trembecká, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
In this article, we introduce an innovative theoretical framework to analyse the use of differentiated implementation in the implementation process of European Union (EU) Directives. We identify rationales for offering flexibility in EU Directives as well as motives for policy-makers to make use of the discretion. We analyse patterns and drivers of differentiated implementation under the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) in four member states in order to assess whether practices of differentiated implementation conform to the rationales for offering flexibility. We show that member states mainly use the flexibility offered to retain existing policies. In addition, the EED led to some mutual learning based on experimentation, although this effect is limited. Whilst the EED offered a high potential for mutual learning, the member states did not use this opportunity. Overall, the implementation of the EED offers mixed evidence for the use of differentiated implementation to support differentiation.