We believe that these reforms to the technical and operational infrastructure will ultimately benefit and better protect consumers, by making the EPC Register more accessible, ensuring a more accurate Calculation Methodology for Scotland and by driving up quality standards of assessors. 3 Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) 4 Operational Delivery of EPCs in Europe | ClimateXChange Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.