Europe conspires against micro CHP?

The COGEN Europe conference last week was an almost surreal event. In attendance, all the major players in the CHP industry complaining for almost two days about how unfair the market was to large scale CHP and bemoaning the lack of financial support (aka subsidies) to make the industry viable. Tacked on at the end of the conference, a concession to the micro CHP interests with a "workshop" on micro CHP; but the micro CHP industry was not whingeing about subsidies, just asking to be allowed to play on the same field as other microgeneration technologies, even if the field was tilted rather steeply against them.
The UK representative from DEFRA had earlier declared financial support for micro CHP under the UK's Low Carbon Buildings Programme, despite the fact that it has taken so long to agree the accreditation process for micro CHP that there is unlikely to be any money left for micro CHP. He seemed either unaware or unconcerned that, whilst micro CHP is analysed to the nth degree to see just how much better it is than conventional solutions, other microgeneration technologies have been "nodded through" on the basis that they were already on the market and already being subsidised under the Clear Skies Programme. There is still no agreed common baseline (i.e. what you are comparing it with) for performance of microgeneration technologies, so you have no idea whether your investment is worthwhile or not...except for micro CHP. In the meantime, you can buy a micro wind turbine, for example, get your grant (subsidised by me) and then generate next to nothing. Does this mean that the taxpayer will get a refund when the truth is known, or will the misguided owners of micro wind turbines be given a refund for buying products endorsed by the Government accreditation scheme? Neither I suspect.
It might have been nice to get some financial support for micro CHP, but that is not the point. The point is that the UK Microgeneration Certification Scheme, whilst being the gateway for obtaining grants under LCBP, will effectively be the only scheme for accrediting micro CHP at all, even for compliance with Building Regulations, so unless you comply with the MCS scheme, you will not be able to sell your micro CHP products.
And now we see the same thing again at European level. The EU expert responsible for drafting the list of compliant technologies for inclusion in the database for the Directive on energy efficient building products, was not even intending to include micro CHP on the list! He conceded that "this might disadvantage micro CHP" with regards to market access; yes, rather like not issuing passports "might disadvantage" somebody wishing to enter a country! His justification was "that there are so few micro CHP products on the market". It seems to have escaped his notice that there never will be any on the market if they are not included in the list of compliant products. Catch 22!
So, is this a conspiracy, or just incompetence? You decide.