Foreign types of policies of fulfilling obligations in Energy Efficiency Directive (202/27/EU) and their possible application in the Czech Republic

Energy is a very important topic in all national policies and politics of the European Union. The energy policy is linked with the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU), which represents an additional regulatory element of the energy consumption in European countries. It is a supportive tool used to achieve one of three targets of the energy sector outlined in the Climate and Energy Package 2020 - specifically, the objective of increasing energy efficiency by 20% compared to 1990. Directive specifies the obligation of States between 2014 and 2020, reduces the amount of final energy consumption by 1.5% per year. This thesis deals with the approach of the Czech Republic to fulfill the obligations Directive using the alternative scheme and compares possibilities and ways of achieving the objectives of the selected EU countries. If the Czech republic chooses the way of shifting the obligation by reducing final energy consumption only to distributors or retail energy sales companies. In this case, there is a strong possibility that the savings achieved in the final consumption would be significantly reflected in the form of price increases. This phenomenon is caused by a number of unclear price signals, as well as in other sectors. In the Czech Republic, the choice of the statutory scheme (which is used in many EU countries) would bring many negative effects.