https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eccca61ea936a6584ceb398/t/5f0dd6d9a3148f0ff2bf59c5/1594742530675/Guaranteeing+a+Green+Recovery+across+Europe+in+Next+Generation+EU
https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/climate-energy/45144/meps-exclude-fossil-fuels-from-eu-coronavirus-recovery-fund/
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https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/04/26/public-sector-loan-facility-to-support-just-climate-transition-provisional-agreement-reached/
Regulation establishing the Just Transition Fund - https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8502-2020-REV-1/en/pdf
The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 2050 while maintaining and enhancing employment and avoiding environmental degradation. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate-neutral and circular economy. Consultancy services contributing to the implementation of measures supported by the JTF should also be eligible. Renaturation of sites, development of green infrastructure and water management can be supported as part of a land restoration project. When supporting energy efficiency measures, the JTF can support investments which contribute to reducing energy poverty, principally through energy efficiency improvements of the housing stock by reducing consumption and creating savings to be achieved in households affected by energy poverty.
The JTF shall not support:
(a) the decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations;
(b) the manufacturing, processing and marketing of tobacco and tobacco products;
(c) undertakings in difficulty, as defined in Article 2(18) of Commission Regulation (EU)
No 651/20145, unless authorised under applicable Union State aid rules;
(d) investment related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels;
(e) investment in broadband infrastructure in areas in which there are at least two broadband networks of equivalent category.
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Εξαίρεση από το πεδίο εφαρμογής της στήριξης
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EL/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020PC0022Το ΤΔΜ δεν υποστηρίζει:
α)τον παροπλισμό ή την κατασκευή πυρηνικών σταθμών ηλεκτροπαραγωγής·
β)την παρασκευή, επεξεργασία και εμπορία καπνού και προϊόντων καπνού·
γ)τις προβληματικές επιχειρήσεις, όπως ορίζονται στο άρθρο 2 σημείο 18 του κανονισμού (ΕΕ) αριθ. 651/2014 της Επιτροπής
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δ)επενδύσεις που σχετίζονται με την παραγωγή, την επεξεργασία, τη διανομή, την αποθήκευση ή την καύση ορυκτών καυσίμων·
ε)επενδύσεις σε ευρυζωνικές υποδομές σε περιοχές στις οποίες υπάρχουν τουλάχιστον δύο ευρυζωνικά δίκτυα ισότιμης κατηγορίας.
B. Excluded activities
The InvestEU Fund shall not support:
(1) activities which limit individual rights and freedoms or that violate human rights
(2) in the area of defence activities, the use, development, or production of products and technologies that are prohibited by applicable international law
(3) tobacco-related products and activities (production, distribution, processing and trade)
(4) activities excluded from financing pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Horizon Europe Regulation: research on human cloning for reproductive purposes; activities intended to modify the genetic heritage of human beings which could make such changes heritable; and activities to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or for the purpose of stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer
(5) gambling (production-, construction-, distribution-, processing-, trade- or software-related activities)
(6) sex trade and related infrastructure, services and media
(7) activities involving live animals for experimental and scientific purposes insofar as compliance with the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes (1) cannot be guaranteed
(8) real estate development activity, such as an activity with a sole purpose of renovating and re-leasing or re-selling existing buildings as well as building new projects; however, activities in the real estate sector that are related to the specific objectives of the InvestEU Programme as specified in Article 3(2) and to the areas eligible for financing and investment operations under Annex II, such as investments in energy efficiency projects or social housing, shall be eligible
(9) financial activities such as purchasing or trading in financial instruments. In particular, interventions targeting buy-out intended for asset stripping or replacement capital intended for asset stripping shall be excluded
(10) activities forbidden by applicable national legislation
(11) the decommissioning, operation, adaptation or construction of nuclear power stations
(12) investments related to mining or to the extraction, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of solid fossil fuels and oil, as well as investments related to the extraction of gas. This exclusion does not apply to:
(a) projects where there is no viable alternative technology;
(b) projects related to pollution prevention and control;
(c) projects equipped with carbon capture and storage or carbon capture and utilisation installations; industrial or research projects that lead to substantial reductions of greenhouse gas emissions as compared with the applicable EU Emission Trading System benchmarks
(13) investments in facilities for the disposal of waste in landfill. This exclusion does not apply to investments in:
(a) on-site landfill facilities that are an ancillary element of an industrial or mining investment project and where it has been demonstrated that landfilling is the only viable option to treat the industrial or mining waste produced by the activity concerned itself;
(b) existing landfill facilities to ensure the utilisation of landfill gas and to promote landfill mining and the reprocessing of mining waste
(14) investments in mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plants. This exclusion does not apply to investments to retrofit existing MBT plants for waste-to-energy purposes or recycling operations of separated waste such as composting and anaerobic digestion
(15) investments in incinerators for the treatment of waste. This exclusion does not apply to investments in:
(a) plants exclusively dedicated to treating non-recyclable hazardous waste;
(b) existing plants, where the investment is for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency, capturing exhaust gases for storage or use or recovering materials from incineration ashes, provided such investments do not result in an increase of the plants’ waste processing capacity.
The implementing partners shall remain responsible for ensuring compliance of financing and investment operations with the exclusion criteria set out in this Annex at signature of the relevant agreement, for monitoring such compliance during the implementation of the project and for undertaking appropriate remedial actions where relevant.
koita k afto
whereas the construction or conversion of nuclear power plants is not eligible for
financing under the Just Transition Fund or InvestEU and it would be dangerous to
deprive an entire sector of funding for the coming decades; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2021-0476_EN.pdf
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