56Furthermore, Article 3(1) and (2) of Directive 2001/77, read in conjunction with the Annex thereto, make clear that Member States must, inter alia, fix national indicative targets for future consumption of green electricity, taking account, as reference values, of both ‘national production’ of green electricity in 1997 and the proportion, expressed as a percentage for 1997 and 2010 respectively, of green electricity in gross electricity consumption, that proportion being calculated on the basis of the ‘national production’ of green electricity divided by the gross national electricity consumption (see judgment in Essent Belgium, C‑204/12 to C‑208/12, EU:C:2014:2192, paragraph 67).
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