Law of Georgia on Energy Efficiency (No. 5898-SS of 2020) Country/Territory Georgia Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source 300280020.05.001.019857 Subject Energy, Environment gen. Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Sustainable development Internal trade Policy/planning Monitoring Business/industry/corporations Climate change Emissions Sustainable use Geographical area Asia, Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Western Asia Entry into force notes This Law, except for Article 4(5) to (7), Article 11(1) to (3), Article 12(3)(a), Article 13(1) to (7), Article 17(1) and (2), Article 19(1) to (9), Article 20(1), Article 22(4), Article 23(1) to (3), Article 24(3) and (4) and Articles 26 and 27, shall enter into force upon promulgation. Article 4(5) to (7), Article 11(1) to (3), Article 17(1) and (2), Article 23(1) to (3) and Article 24(3) and (4) of this Law shall enter into force from 1 June 2021. Article 13(1) to (7), Article 19(1) to (9), Article 20(1) and Article 22(4) of this Law shall enter into force from 1 January 2022. Article 12(3)(a) and Articles 26 and 27 of this Law shall enter into force from 1 June 2022. Abstract The purpose of this Law is: a) to increase energy savings, energy supply security and energy independence, as well as to maximally eliminate barriers to improving energy efficiency in the energy market; b) to determine the general legal basis for the measures required to promote and implement energy efficiency in the country in order to ensure the achievement of the goals set out in the Protocol on the Accession of Georgia to the Treaty Establishing the Energy Community; c) to establish a procedure for developing a national energy efficiency target; d) to establish a procedure for adopting an energy efficiency action plan; e) to establish an energy efficiency commitment scheme and/or alternative policy measures to ensure energy savings; and f) to implement an energy efficiency policy, its coordination, control, supervision and monitoring in the country. The scope of this Law includes: a) a horizontal (cross-sectoral) policy that impacts public and private sectors and is related to energy services and their monitoring, measurement and confirmation; and b) specific sectors: private building, including building for commercial purposes, and the sectors of industry, energy production, transformation, transmission and distribution. This Law shall define the obligations and responsibility measures of public and private institutions, household customers, energy service providers, and other industry and economic sectors in the process of energy consumption efficiency, energy saving, and the market development of energy services. The Law also provides that the energy efficiency policy shall provide for the creation of a legislative framework for energy efficiency, the determination of national targets for energy efficiency and energy saving, and the elimination of barriers that hinder the efficiency of energy supply and consumption and the achievement of the national energy saving target set by the NEEAP. Full text English/Georgian Website matsne.gov.ge References - Legislation Implemented by Order No. 1-1/221 of 2022 of Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia on Rules for Sending Notification to the Secretariat of the Energy Community about Alternative Measures from the Policy of Energy Efficiency National Action Plan Legislation | Georgia | 2022 Keyword: Classification/declassification, Climate change, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Energy conservation/energy production, Governance, International relations/cooperation, Policy/planning, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 1-1/54 of 2023 of Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia on Agreements, Payment Procedure and Rights and Obligations of the Parties related to Energy Properties of Buildings in Possession of Administrative Bodies Legislation | Georgia | 2023 Keyword: Contract/agreement, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Energy conservation/energy production, Governance, Liability/compensation, Local government, Monitoring, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX