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Member States shall promote the energy services market and access for SMEs to this market by: disseminating clear and easily accessible information on: available energy service contracts and clauses that should be included in such contracts to guarantee energy savings and final customers’ rights; financial instruments, incentives, grants and loans to support energy efficiency service projects; encouraging the development of quality labels, inter alia, by trade associations; making publicly available and regularly updating a list of available energy service providers who are qualified and/or certified and their qualifications and/or certifications in accordance with Article 16, or providing an interface where energy service providers can provide information; supporting the public sector in taking up energy service offers, in particular for building refurbishment, by: providing model contracts for energy performance contracting which include at least the items listed in Annex XIII; providing information on best practices for energy performance contracting, including, if available, cost-benefit analysis using a life-cycle approach; providing a qualitative review in the framework of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan regarding the current and future development of the energy services market.

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