
Article 1 
Directive 2012/27/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 
The amendments set out in the Annex to this Directive shall be without prejudice to the time limit provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 28(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 May 2013.
For the Council
The President
S. COVENEY
ANNEX

Article 3 of Directive 2012/27/EU is amended as follows:

((a)) point (a) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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((a)) that the Union’s 2020 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy;';
((b)) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. By 30 June 2014, the Commission shall assess progress achieved and whether the Union is likely to achieve energy consumption of no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and/or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020.';
((c)) point (d) of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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((d)) compare the results under points (a) to (c) with the quantity of energy consumption that would be needed to achieve energy consumption of no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and/or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020.'.
