S.L. 623.7 Art. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Energy Efficiency Regulations.

(2) These regulations transpose Directive 2012/27/EU of the th European Parliament and of the Council of the 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the th Council of the 11 December amending Directive 2012/27/EU and by th Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/826 of the 4 March 2019.

(3) These regulations establish a framework as part of the common framework of measures for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union’s 2020 headline targets on energy efficiency of 20% and its headline targets on energy efficiency of at least 32.5% for 2030, and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date. These regulations also lay down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provide for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets for 2020 and for 2030, and contribute to the implementation of the energy efficiency first principle