Environment and Development Planning Act

L.N. 362 of 2014

EUROPEAN UNION ACT

(CAP. 460)

Environment and Development Planning Act

(Amendment No. 2) Order 2014

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 4 of the European

Union Act, the Prime Minister, for the purposes specified in sub-

article (2) of the said article, has made the following Order:-

(1)

The title of this Order is the Environment and Citation, and

Development Planning Act (Amendment No. 2) Order 2014, and this purpose.

Order shall be read and construed as one with the Environment and

Development Planning Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act".

(2) The purpose of this Order is the designation of the Malta

Environment and Planning Authority as the national competent

authority responsible for facilitating and coordinating the permit

granting process for projects of common interest as laid down by

Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy

infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and

amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and

(EC) No 715/2009, hereinafter referred to as "Regulation (EU) No

347/2013" and by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1391/

2013.

In article 2 of the Act, immediately after the definition Amends article

2 of the Act.

"prescribed" there shall be added the following new definition

" "project of common interest" means a project necessary

to implement the energy infrastructure priority corridors and

areas set out in Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 and

which is part of the Union list of projects of common interest

referred to in Article 3 of the said Regulation (EU) No 347/

2013;".

Sub-article (2) of article 8 of the Act shall be amended as Amends article

8 of the Act.

follows

(a)

in paragraph (f) thereof, for the words "and their

interpretation on site." there shall be substituted the words "and

their interpretation on site;" and

(b)

immediately after paragraph (f) thereof, there shall

be added the following new paragraph

"(g) to facilitate and coordinate the permit

granting process for projects of common interest acting as

the competent authority for Malta under Regulation (EU)

No 347/2013.".

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