<div>To benefit from the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility set up by the EU in the aftermath of the COVID-19-induced economic crisis, Member States submit their recovery and resilience plans to the European Commission. Each plan sets out the reforms and investments to be implemented by end-2026 and Member States can receive financing up to a previously agreed allocation. Each plan should effectively address challenges identified in the European Semester, particularly the country-specific recommendations of 2019 and 2020 adopted by the Council. It should also advance the green and digital transitions and make Member States’ economies and societies more resilient. The Commission validates the plan after which it effectively enters in force and EU subsidies can start flowing towards the member state. The European Commission has given a positive assessment to Greece’s €30.5 billion recovery and resilience plan, consisting of €17.8 billion in grants and €12.7 billion in loans.&nbsp; 37.5%of the plan’s total allocation for reforms and investments supports climate objectives, including:</div><ul><li>Electricity infrastructure: financing the interconnection with the Cyclades Islands, increasing the potential for renewable energy sources as well as storage capacity. €645 million</li><li>&nbsp;Energy efficiency in residential buildings: renovating more than 100,000 residences to increase energy efficiency, including for low-income households. €1.3 billion</li><li>&nbsp;Sustainable mobility: installing more than 8,000 charging points for electric vehicles and replacing 220 urban transport busses in Athensand Thessaloniki with electric vehicles. Creating cycling and pedestrian pathways to create an “urban promenade” along the Athens Riviera.€264 million</li></ul>

This €100 million plan aims at boosting the uptake of e-mobility in Greece. It implements a number of incentives to acquire e-taxis, e-scooters and&nbsp; e-bicycles. It also calls for an overhaul of regulations around charging points, and incentives for the production of electric vehicles.

The National Energy and Climate (ENCP) Plan is a ten-year integrated document <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-strategy/national-energy-climate-plans_en">mandated by the European Union</a> to each of its member states in order for the EU to meet its overall greenhouse gases emissions targets.&nbsp; The Energy and Climate Plan addresses all five dimensions of the EU Energy Union: decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy security, internal energy markets and research, innovation and competitiveness.&nbsp; The plan has set the following key objectives : 1) reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for making possible the transition to a climate neutral economy by 2050, waste management is an important part of the plan (revising the national and regional waste management plans); 2) to increase the RES in gross final energy consumption; 3) to improve energy efficiency with measures related to transport and buildings; 3) to reduce the share of lignite in power generation by implementing a relevant front-loaded programme.&nbsp;

This document seeks to implement the fundamentals of circular economy in the country. One of its goals is to reduce carbon emissions.

This strategy aims at addressing risks and opportunities resulting from a changing climate. In particular, it seeks to 10 establish and enhance the short and long-term decision-making procedure regarding adaptation issues, 2) link adaptation with the promotion of a sustainable growth model through the implementation of regional/local action plans, ) promote adaptation actions and policies in all sectors of the Greek economy, with emphasis on the most vulnerable ones, 4) create a monitoring, evaluation and update mechanism for adaptation actions and policies, and 5) build adaptation capacity and raise public awareness.

This law sets Greece's legal framework on climate action. The document also contains emergency provisions to address the energy crisis and protect the environment. Key measures established in this law include:&nbsp; a) setting a net zero target for 2050, b) measures and policies to strengthen adaptation to climate change at the lowest possible cost, c) intermediate anthropogenic emission mitigation targets for the years 2030 and 2040; d) indicators for monitoring progress towards achieving the relevant objectives, e) procedures for evaluating and readjusting the objectives and taking additional measures, and f) measures to mitigate emissions from power generation, the building sector, transport and business. The law also provides for the creation of a carbon budgeting mechanism for the main sectors of the economy and the governance and participation system for climate action.

This document amends previous legislation and notably amends spatial planning with regard to renewable energy projects.

This law was published in the Official Gazette A' 92/2020 on May 5, 2020, and aims at easing the environmental licensing procedure as well as fostering the installation of new renewable energy capacity. Photovoltaic projects under 1MW are exempted from seeking a license. The renewable energy category comprises wind turbines, photovoltaic and hydroelectric power plants. It also harmonises Greek law with EU Directives 2018/844/EU and 2019/692/EU.&nbsp;

This law aims at liberalising the Greek energy market, modernise the Public Power Corporation (PPC), privatise the Public Natural Gas Company (DEPA) and updates the support for renewable energy. It also transposes the EU Regulation 1227/2011 on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency. The document&nbsp;

This law establishes a new support system for power plants using renewable energy sources and Combined Heat and Power High Performance Provisions for legal and functional separation of supply and distribution industries in the natural gas market and other provisions. The law notably introduces feed-in tariffs. The rates of FIT and applicabilities have been modified by several ministerial decisions, including APEEK/A/F1/oik 184573, OJ B4488/19.12.2017 and APEEK/A/F1/oik 172858, OJ ?'1263/10.04.2018.

Greece. National Communication (NC). NC 8. Biennial Reports (BR). BR 5., Biennial Report,National Communication from Greece in 2022

Greece. 2022 National Inventory Report (NIR), National Inventory Report from Greece in 2022

Greece. 2021 National Inventory Report (NIR), National Inventory Report from Greece in 2021

Greece. Biennial report (BR). BR 4, Biennial Report from Greece in 2020

Greece. Biennial Reports (BR). BR 3. National Communication (NC). NC 7., National Communication,Biennial Report from Greece in 2017

Law 4759/2020 on the Modernisation of Spatial and Urban Planning Legislation and other provisions

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