Circular Economy Closing the loop – An EU Action Plan for

the Circular Economy

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Transition towards a Circular

Economy

Maintaining the value of products, materials and resources in the

economy for as long as possible

Minimising waste generation

Boosting our competitiveness with new business opportunities and innovative products and services

Bringing economic, social and environmental gains

International dimension

EU's international commitments

2030 Sustainable Agenda

Paris Agreement to combat climate change

G7 Alliance for Resource Efficiency – building more sustainable supply chains and global markets for secondary raw materials

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Circular economy package – State of Play

Action Plan

Communication

List of Follow-up

Initiatives (Annex)

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proposals on waste, fertlizers and water reuse

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Under debate at the

Council and at the European Parliament

1/3 of the actions

are being implemented

Priority sectors

Biomass & Bio-based Products

Plastics

Food Waste

Construction & Demolition

Critical Raw

Materials

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What has been done so far?

Legislative proposals on waste

Tackling false green claims

Green Public Procurement

Recycling Protocol for Construction and Demolition Waste

Legislative Proposal on fertilizers

Best practices of water reuse

"Innovation Deals" and H2020 call

Stakeholders platform on food waste

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Ongoing

Eco-design

Communication 'Waste to Energy'

REFIT of EU Ecolabel and of EMAS.

Preparation for next steps Pilots Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) and Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)

Green Financing Platform with the EIB and national banks

Assessment of the contribution of Circular Economy to the Bio-economy Strategy

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2017 Plastics Strategy

Pre-demolition assessment guidelines for the construction sector

Development of indicators for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings

Interface chemicals, products and waste legislation

Monitoring and indicator framework

Minimum requirements for reused water

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Medium term goals

Quality standards for secondary raw materials market

New/revised BREFs for industrial sectors

Use of Cohesion funds for Circular Economy

Implementation-At national level

National France- "Loi de Transition Énergétique pour la Croissance Verte"

Germany- German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess II)

The Netherlands-A circular economy in the Netherlands by 2050

Finland- Finland's National Circular Economy Roadmap

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At local and regional level

Regional Brussels Region-Programme Régional en Economie Circulaire

Scotland-Making Things Last - A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland

Local Amsterdam- Report "Circular Amsterdam"

Paris-White Paper on the Circular Economy of the Greater Paris

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Stakeholders' engagement

Exchange of best practices and knowledge

European Innovation Partnerships (Raw materials-water)

Food waste platform

SME Resource Excellence Centre

Role of private institutions and NGOs

Ellen McArthur Foundation

Institut de l'Économie Circulaire

Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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Patrick Wegerdt European Commission

DG Environment

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/

CLEANER ENVIRONMENT AND NEW

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES: EU Support for Greener Development in

Eastern Partnership Countries

Patrick Wegerdt, Team Coordinator

Unit F2 – Bilateral and regional

environmental cooperation

European Commission

Directorate-General Environment 14

Johannes Hahn

Commissioner for European

Neighbourhood Policy and

Enlargement Negotiations

"At the #Riga summit of EU and Eastern Partner countries, #Environment identified as one of

the #priority areas".

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Environment as a cross-cutting issue of the Eastern Partnership goals

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Prosperity

•environmental quality of life

•green economy opportunities

Security

•energy efficiency

•climate resilience

•a more sustainable use of natural capital

•better management of environment-related risks

Stability

•evidence-based decisions

•transparency and accountability in environmental action

•good environmental governance

Water, Environment, and Climate: Overview of On-Going Regional Projects in EaP under the

European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI - €15 billion 2014-2020)

Water Cluster (also covers Central Asia

region)

• EMBLAS II (€2.5m)

• EPIRB (€8.5m)

• EUWI (€3.2m)

• EUWI+ East (€24.5m)

Environmental Governance and

Green Growth Custer

• EaP GREEN(€10m)

• SEIS East (€7m)

• FLEGT II (€9m)

• Emerald Network II (€2m)

• Obsolete chemicals (€6m)

Climate Cluster

• Clima East: Policies (€8m) and Demonstration Projects (€11m)

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Several projects expired 2016; some will be extended, notably EaP GREEN.

Complementary EU regional programmes: Need for synergies

• EU4Businesses

• The second phase of Covenant of Mayors East (CoMO East)

• Energy Efficiency and Environmental Partnership Programme (E5P)

• EU4Energy

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Complementary national-level support catalysed by regional programmes

Examples:

• Green economy project in Belarus

• Promotion of organic agriculture in a rural development project in Moldova

• Natural resources management in Georgia

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Making success stories known and upscaling them

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• Pilot projects as part of EPIRB and ClimaEast projects

• Support for resource efficiency and cleaner production

• Promotion of Strategic Environmental Assessments

• Greening of SMEs: surveys and follow up; organic farming

• Extension of protected areas

• Joint Black Sea surveys

• National Policy Dialogues on Water

• Improved chemicals management

Consolidation of achievements: Outlook for new programmes

• Successor to the EaP GREEN – discussion on scope of this to be undertaken as part of the follow up to the EaP ministerial meeting (Oct 2016)

• Level of funding still to be clarified

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Linking policy dialogue, institutional challenges and project-based technical work

• Implementation of recommendations – reviewing progress

• Continuity of priorities and follow up actions for successive governments

• Securing impacts and achieving tangible results

• Need for "ring-fencing" environmental initiatives against the background of scarcer resources

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Thank you for your attention

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Patrick Wegerdt

Patrick.Wegerdt@ec.europa.eu