Bilateral meeting between Cyprus and the European Commission 12 December 2014
CYPRUS Please, submit the completed table by 15 December 2014 to: EC-EUROPEAN-SEMESTER@ec.europa.eu. Europe 2020 targets National 2020 employment target [75-77%]
State of play 67,8% (2nd quarter 2014)
National 2020 R&D target [0.5% of GDP]
0,47%(2012)
GHG emission reduction target [-5%]
1,2% (2012)
Renewable energy target [13%]
The national indicative trajectory, according to the provisions of the RES Directive, was 4,92% for the years 2011-2012, 5,93% for the years 2013-2014 and 7,45% for the years 2015-2016.Cyprus has already overachieved its first, second and third indicative trajectory, since the share of RES in the gross final energy consumption was 9%, in 2013.
National energy efficiency target: 14.5% reduction of primary energy consumption in 2020, compared to the national reference scenario (target for saving 375,000 toe at the year 2020)
The national indicative target is to save 14,5% in primary energy consumption in 2020, compared to the national reference scenario (target for saving 375,000 toe at the year 2020). However, based on the national energy efficiency scenario presented in the 3rd National Efficiency National Action Plan, submitted to EC in April 2014 in the framework of the EED Directive, the national projection for the primary energy consumption in 2020 is 2,2Mtoe and not 2,8Mtoe. The indicative interim targets for years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 have been o exceeded, as shown in the following table. *please see table in page 7.
National early school leaving target [10%]
9,1% (2013)
National target for tertiary education [46%]
47,8% (2013)
National poverty target [reduction by 27 000 persons or 19.3% of the population]
27,8% (2013)
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