Regulation 12 Amendment of Article 12

(1)

Article 12 (real-world CO₂ emissions and energy consumption) is amended as follows.

(2)

For “Commission shall” in paragraphs 1 and 2, each time those words occur, and in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, substitute “Secretary of State must”.

(3)

In paragraph 2, for “national authorities” substitute “other agencies of the Secretary of State”.

(4)

In the second subparagraph of paragraph 3—

(a)

for the words from “Commission” to “and shall” substitute “Secretary of State must monitor and report annually on how the gap referred to in the first subparagraph evolves, and must”;

(b)

for “submit a legislative proposal to” substitute “may by regulations”.

(5)

In paragraph 4—

(a)

in the first sentence, for the words from “Commission” to “acts,” substitute “Secretary of State may determine by regulations”;

(b)

omit the second sentence.