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Circular Economy Closing the loop – An EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy

Maintaining the value of products, materials and resources in the economy for as long as possible Transition Minimising waste generation towards a Circular Economy Boosting our competitiveness with new business opportunities and innovative products and services Bringing economic, social and environmental gains 2

International dimension EU's 2030 Sustainable Agenda international commitments Paris Agreement to combat climate change G7 Alliance for Resource Efficiency – building more sustainable supply chains and global markets for secondary raw materials 3

Circular economy package – State of Play Action Plan List of Follow-up 4 Legislative Communication Initiatives (Annex) proposals on waste, fertlizers and water reuse 1/3 of the actions Under debate at the are being Council and at the implemented European Parliament 4

Priority sectors Biomass & Plastics Bio-based Products Food Construction & Waste Demolition Critical Raw Materials 5

What Legislative proposals on waste has been Tackling false green claims done so far? 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 6

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 7

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 8

Medium term goals Quality standards for secondary raw materials market New/revised BREFs for industrial sectors Use of Cohesion funds for Circular Economy 9

Implementation-At national level National France- "Loi de Transition Énergétique pour la Croissance Verte" Germany- German Resource Efficiency Programm e (ProgRess II) The Netherlands- A circular economy in the Netherlands by 2050 Finland- Finland's National Circular Economy Roadmap 10

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 11

Stakeholders' engagement Exchange of European Innovation Partnerships (Raw best materials-water) practices and knowledge Food waste platform SME Resource Excellence Centre Role of Ellen McArthur Foundation private institutions and NGOs Institut de l'Économie Circulaire Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) 12

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Patrick Wegerdt European Commission DG Environment http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/ 13

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". 15

Environment as a cross-cutting issue of the Eastern Partnership goals 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 16

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 Environmental covers Central Asia Governance and Climate Cluster region) Green Growth Custer • EMBLAS II ( € 2.5m) • EaP GREEN( € 10m) • Clima East: Policies ( € 8m) and • EPIRB ( € 8.5m) • SEIS East ( € 7m) Demonstration • EUWI ( € 3.2m) • FLEGT II ( € 9m) Projects ( € 11m) • EUWI+ East • Emerald Network II ( € 24.5m) ( € 2m) • Obsolete chemicals ( € 6m) Several projects expired 2016; some will be extended, notably EaP GREEN. 17

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 18

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 19

Making success stories known and upscaling them • 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 20

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 21

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 22

Thank you for your attention Patrick Wegerdt Patrick.Wegerdt@ec.europa.eu 23