Appendix 2: The Greek Action Plan of the CE
Description
Time of
implementation
in 2019
Promoting – coordinating party
Waste management
1st half
Ministry of Environment and Energy
(Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of
Economy and Development)
Green public contracts, greening
18 product groups
1st half
Ministry of Economy and Development (Ministry of Environment and
Energy, Ministry of Infrastructure
and Transport, Ministry of the
Interior)
Proposals for reducing food loss
2nd half
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
(Ministry of Environment and
Energy)
Construction projects framework
2nd half
Ministry of Environment and Energy
(Ministry of Infrastructure and
Transport)
Distinction between waste and products facilitating the transition to the
use as secondary raw materials
1st half
Ministry of Environment and Energy
(Ministry of Economy and Development, Ministry of the Interior)
Reusage of water and use of the
sludge from wastewater purifying
plants
2nd half
Ministry of Environment and Energy
(Ministry of Economy and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and
Food, Ministry of the Interior)
Developing innovative applications
and cutting-edge technology for waste
management in the RIS3 context
2nd half
General Secretariat for Research and
Technology, Ministry of Economy
and Development
Indicators of circular economy
1st half
Ministry of Economy and Development (Ministry of Environment and
Energy, Ministry of the Interior)
Developing a methodology to measure and monitor food waste
1st half
Ministry of Environment and Energy
(Ministry of Economy and Development, Ministry of the Interior)
Developing ecological design criteria 2nd half
Ministry of Environment and Energy
(Ministry of Economy and Development and ELOT [Hellenic
Standardisation Organisation], Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport)
National standards for the environment and circular economy
2nd half
Ministry of Economy and Development (ELOT [Hellenic
Standardisation Organisation], Ministry of Environment and Energy,
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of the Interior)
Incorporation of the dimension of
circular economy into the assessment
of environmental impact studies
1st half
The Ministry of Environment and
Energy in cooperation with the competent ministries at any given case:
Ministry of Economy and
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