Opinion of the Impact Assessment Board (IAB) The IA report was discussed at the IAB hearing on 14 September 2011 and the IAB issued a positive opinion acknowledging the quality of the technical analysis and modelling underpinning the Roadmap and the Impact Assessment. [...] The Communication "Energy 2020 - A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy" paves the way to 2020 stressing the three pillars of the EU's energy policy: competitiveness, security of supply and sustainability, building on the Climate and Energy package adopted in June 2009. [...] Increased energy efficiency in the residential sector is due to the use of more efficient energy equipment (appliances, lighting, etc.) and buildings, being driven by the Eco-Design regulations and by better thermal integrity of buildings reflecting the Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. [...] The EU's right to act and EU added-value The EU's competence in the area of energy is set out in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in Article 19444. [...] In the context of the establishment and functioning of the internal market and with regard for the need to preserve and improve the environment, Union policy on energy shall aim, in a spirit of solidarity between Member States, to: (a) ensure the functioning of the energy market; (b) ensure security of energy supply in the Union; (c) promote energy efficiency and energy saving and the development.
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