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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) 4 Legislative 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

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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