S.L. 623.7 Art. 3Minister to set national energy efficiency target. S.L. 545. 21.

(1) The Minister shall set an indicative national energy efficiency target for 2020, based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. In notifying these targets to the Commission, the Minister shall also express them in terms of an absolute level of primary energy consumption and final energy consumption in 2020 and shall explain how, and on the basis of which data, this has been calculated. When setting these targets, the Minister shall take into account:

(a) that the Union’s 2020 energy consumption has to be no more than 1474 Mtoe of primary energy or no more than 1078 Mtoe of final energy;

(b) the measures provided for in these regulations;

(c) the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to sub-regulation (1) of regulation 4 of the Energy End-use Efficiency and Energy Services Regulations; and

(d) other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.

(2) When setting the national energy efficiency target, the Minister may also take into account national circumstances affecting primary energy consumption, such as remaining cost-effective energy-saving potential, GDP evolution and forecast, changes of energy imports and exports, development of all sources of renewable energies, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and early action.

(3) The Minister shall set an indicative energy efficiency contribution towards the Union’s 2030 targets described in sub-regulation (3) of regulation 1, in accordance with Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. When setting this contribution, the Minister shall take into account that the Union's 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1,273 Mtoe of primary energy and, or no more than 956 Mtoe of final energy.

(4) The contribution set according to sub-regulation (3) shall be notified by the Minister to the Commission as part of Malta’s integrated national energy and climate plan as referred to in, and in accordance with, Articles 3 and 7 to 12 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.