Environment and Development Planning Act (Amendment No. 2) Order 2014 (L.N. 362 of 2014)

B 4429 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 4429 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: Citation, and purpose. 1. (1) The title of this Order is the Environment and Development Planning Act (Amendment No. 2) Order 2014, and this 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. Amends article 2 of the Act. 2. In article 2 of the Act, immediately after the definition "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;". Amends article 8 of the Act. 3. Sub-article (2) of article 8 of the Act shall be amended as 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 4430 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA B 4430 (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.". Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta riċiklata — Printed at the Government Printing Press on recycled paper Prezz/Price €0.18