2.

Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings: buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance; buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities; temporary buildings with a time of use of two years or less, industrial sites, workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings with low energy demand and non-residential agricultural buildings which are in use by a sector covered by a national sectoral agreement on energy performance; residential buildings which are used or intended to be used for either less than four months of the year or, alternatively, for a limited annual time of use and with an expected energy consumption of less than 25 % of what would be the result of all-year use; stand-alone buildings with a total useful floor area of less than 50 m^(2).

← art_4__para_1__text_6 · All articles · art_4__para_2__text_1 →

Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.