No L 307/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 11. 91 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 29 October 1991 concerning the promotion of energy efficiency in the Community (SAVE programme) (91/565/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (°), Whereas, in its resolution of 15 January 1985 on the improvement of energy saving programmes in the Member States (*), the Council invited the latter to pursue and, where necessary, increase their efforts to promote the more rational use of energy by the development of inte- grated energy-saving policies ; Whereas, in its resolution of 16 September 1986 concern- ing new Community energy policy objectives for 1995 and the convergence of the policies of Member States (%), the Council considered that the energy policy of the Community and the Member States must endeavour to achieve the objective of more secure conditions of supply through a vigorous policy for energy-saving and the rational use of energy; whereas, in that resolution, the Council adopted for the Community the objective of () OJ No C 301, 30. 11. 1990, p. 11. () O No C 240, 16. 9. 1991, p. 273. () OJ No C 120, 6. 5. 1991, p. 6. () OJ No C 20, 22. 1. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No C 241, 25. 9. 1986, p. 1. achieving a more rational use of energy through improved energy efficiency and decided that the efficiency of final demand should be improved by at least 20 % by 1995 ; Whereas Article 130r of the Treaty requires a prudent and rational utilization of natural resources and the rational use of energy is one of the principal means by which this objective can be respected and environmental pollution reduced ; Whereas the Commission, in its Communication to the Council of 3 May 1988 on the principal results of the review of Member States’ energy policies, noted that the Community would fail to achieve the energy efficiency objective of a further 20 % saving if vigorous measures were not adopted ; Whereas the promotion of energy efficiency in all regions of the Community will help to reinforce the economic and social development of the Community as a whole, an objective which, according to Article 130r of the Treaty, should be taken into account when implementing common policies and the internal market; Whereas the Commission, in its Communication to the Council of 8 February 1990 on energy and the environ- ment, stressed that energy efficiency had to be increased to reduce the negative impact of energy on the environ- ment ; Whereas improved energy efficiency will have a positive impact on both the security of energy supplies and the environment, which are by nature of global significance, and whereas a high level of international cooperation is therefore desirable to produce the most positive results ;