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4th International Forum

Mineral Resources in Greece: A Driving Force for Economic Development 20 March 2014, Athens Mattia Pellegrini European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry Head of Unit F3 - « Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals, and Forest-based industries »

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Safeguarding Europe's Raw Materials Demand

How the EU Raw Materials Strategy can contribute

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Structure of presentation

1. Raw Materials Initiative • State-of-play

Focus on:

• Critical raw materials

2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials

Focus on:

• Strategic Implementation Plan

3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020

4. Knowledge & Innovation Community for Raw

Materials

5. Cohesion Policy

6. Good Practices Study 2013: Germany's cases

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Background, aim and structure

EU “Raw Materials Initiative”

•Aim: securing sustainable supplies of raw materials •Launched in 2008, consolidated in 2011 •Non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials •Connecting EU external and internal policies •Integrated strategy (3 pillars) •Introduced list of Critical

Raw Materials (CRM) in 2010

1. Raw Materials Initiative

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State of play - overview

•EU trade strategy for raw materials

•Raw materials diplomacy (4 events in 2014)

•Assistance to developing countries

Fair and sustainable supply of raw materials from global markets (1st Pillar)

•Exchange of good practice between EU Member States

•Enhancing EU knowledge base

•Promoting research and skills

Fostering sustainable supply within the EU (2nd Pillar)

•Better implementation and smarter EU waste legislation promoting resource-efficiency & recycling

•Strengthen the enforcement of the EU waste Shipment Regulation

Boosting resource efficiency and promoting recycling (3rd Pillar)

Annual report on the implementation of the Raw Materials Initiative – 24.06.2013l

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Critical raw materials list as a policy tool:

• Monitor issues of critical raw materials to identify priority actions

• Policy actions not limited to critical raw materials exclusively

Relative concept of criticality:

«Critical» when risks of supply shortage and their impacts on the economy are higher

compared with most of the other raw materials

Assessment components:

Economic importance

Supply risk (and environmental country risk)

Features:

Pragmatic approach

Indicators-based

Dynamic concept

Primary and secondary R

Update list of critical raw materials at least

Every 3 years:

• Expanded scope

• Fine-tuning methodology

• Expert group

Criticality Assessment 1. Raw Materials Initiative

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Outcome 2010

Borate

Fluorspar

Gallium

Iron

Magnesium

PGM

Tellurium

Aluminum Bauxite

Antimony

Barytes

Bentonite

Beryllium

Chromium

Clays

Cobalt

Copper

Diatomite

Feldspar

Germanium

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Gypsum

Indium

Limestone

LithiumMagnesite

ManganeseMolybdenum

Nickel

Niobium

Perlite

Rare Earths

Rhenium

SilicaSilverTalc

Tantalum

Titanium

Tungsten

Zinc

Vanadium

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0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

3,5

4,0

4,5

5,0

3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0 8,0 9,0 10,0

Economic Importance

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1. Raw Materials Initiative

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2013 review of critical raw materials list

Update list of critical raw materials at least every 3 years

Expanded scope

Fine-tuning methodology

Expert group

Expand scope to other materials

Nearly critical raw materials: rhenium, tellurium

Selected additional materials (e.g. hafnium, selenium, tin – JRC study on critical metals in energy technologies)

blast furnace coke,

gold

potash, phosphate rock

Progress regarding statistics

General data & information on minerals and metals (input geological surveys)

Statistics on value-added manufacturing chain

Analytical progress in the area of land-use planning

Technical work started in September 2012, the reviewed list will be published as an annex of the RMI Annual Activity Report which is foreseen for first half of 2014.

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European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials

Overall objective: Contribute to the 2020 objectives of the EU Industrial Policy (to increase the share of industry in GDP to 20%), the Innovation Union and the Resource Efficiency 'flagships'

Specific objectives: Reduce import dependency

Improve supply conditions from European and other sources

Push Europe to the forefront in raw materials sectors

Provide alternatives in supply

Mitigate negative environmental and social impacts

2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials

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Strategic Implementation Plan

• I. Technology Pillar

• I.A Raw materials research and innovation coordination

• I.B Technologies for primary and secondary raw materials' production

• I.C Substitution of raw materials

• II. Non-Technology Policy Pillar

• II.A Improving Europe's raw materials framework conditions

• II.B Improving Europe's waste management framework conditions and excellence

• II.C Knowledge, skills and raw materials flows

• III International Cooperation Pillar

• III.1 Technology

• III.2 Global Raw Materials Governance and Dialogues

• III.3 Health, Safety and Environment

• III.4 Skills, Education and Knowledge

• III.5 Investment activities

2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials

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Up to 10 innovative

pilot

actions

Substitutes

for 3 applications of

CRMs

Framework for

enhanced efficiency in

material use

EU Raw Materials

Knowledge base KIC Raw Materials

Framework conditions

for primary RMs

Pro-active international co-operation strategy of the EU at bilateral and multilateral level

Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5

WP2014-2015

Stakeholders Community Industries, Academics, NGOs,

Public Administrations, etc….

To improve supply

conditions from EU

To diversify raw

materials sourcing

To improve resource

efficiency including recycling

To reduce dependency on imports

To promote the production and exports

To mitigate environmental,

social and health impacts

To make Europe

a leader in the

RM capabilities

To put Europe at the forefront

in RM sectors

To find alternative

raw materials

Strategic Implementation Plan (adopted on 25 September 2013)

EIP Scheme 2. European Innovation Partnership on

Raw Materials

Structural Funds Smart Specialisation

Strategies

EU policies (Industrial,

environmental, …)

Call for Commitments (closed on 7 February 2014)

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Call for Commitments

Call for Commitments launched on 31 October (closing on 31 January 2014)

next calls in 2015, 2017 and 2019

Guidelines - purpose

(1) To explain the basis for recognition of commitments by High-Level Steering Group

(2) To promote quality commitments

Guidelines - content

(1) Introduction

(2) Purpose of the call

(3) Conditions for recognition

(4) Procedure for recognition

(5) Implementation

2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials

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Horizon 2020 Context and overview

Excellent science

(€ 24 billion)

Industrial leadership (€ 17 billion)

Societal challenges (€ 31 billion)

* the numbers are based on European Council conclusions, 8 February 2013 and are subject to the approval of the Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council

3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020

SC5: Climate Action, resource efficiency and raw materials (3081 billion)

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Programming - Overall approch

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Strategic Programme

Work Programme 1 (plus tentative

information for 2016)

Strategic Programme

Work Programme 2 (plus tentative

information for 2018)

Strategic Programme

Work Programme 3 (plus tentative

information for 2020)

Work Programme 4

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3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020

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How to join?

The first H2020 Call for Proposals - 11 Dec 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html

Call for experts for H2020

(OJ of the EU, C 342, Volume 56, 22 November 2013) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html

National NCP SC5 support and events http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html

3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020

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KIC for Raw Materials

4. KIC for Raw Materials

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): body of the European Union based in Budapest

KIC: is the independent but operational part of the EIT

KIC partners: key actors from the three sides of the knowledge triangle

RESEARCH

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KIC for Raw Materials

4. KIC for Raw Materials

1. Raw materials: sustainable exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and substitution

2. Innovation for healthy living and active ageing

Two new KICs to be launched on the 14th of February:

As set in the EIT Regulation, the EIT funding on average may not exceed

25% of a KIC's overall funding

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Cohesion Policy 2014-2020

325 Billions € to invest in Europe's regions, cities and the real economy

EU's principle investment tool

for delivering the Europe 2020 goals

5. Cohesion Policy

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Cohesion Policy

Raw Materials: big scope for innovation

along the whole raw materials value chain

(exploration, mining, substitution, processing,

recycling)

ERDF regulation Regulation No 1301/2013 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013

Thematic concentration of at

least 80% of resources (in more developed regions) on

4 thematic objectives:

(1) strengthening research, technological development and innovation

(2) enhancing access to, and use and quality of, ICT

(3) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, of the agricultural sector and of the fishery and aquaculture sector

(4) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors

5. Cohesion Policy