Information Report "The Regular Report of the Republic of Latvia pursuant to Article 22 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC"

Abstract

Pursuant to Article 22(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (hereinafter — Directive 2009/28/EC), each Member State shall submit a report to the European Commission (hereinafter — EC) on the progress in the promotion and use of energy from renewable energy sources (hereinafter — RES) by 31 December 2011, and every two years thereafter. During the period until 31 December 2021, Latvia has an obligation to submit six regular reports.In order to promote implementation of a common objective pursuant to Directive 2009/28/EC, the “Republic of Latvia National Renewable Energy Action Plan for implementing Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC by 2020” (hereinafter — Action Plan) has been drawn up, and it states indicative tasks for the RE part of each type of final energy consumption (energy consumption in heating and cooling, electricity production, and transport), taking into account the potential of RES available and usable in Latvia.