Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/210 of 12 February 2018 on the adoption of the LIFE multiannual work programme for 2018-2020 (Text with EEA relevance)

EU Decision 2018/210 · Adopted 12 February 2018 · Extends to United Kingdom

Contents

1. 1The multiannual work programme
2. 2Union contribution to the multiannual work programme
3. 3Financial instruments
4. 4Article 4
5. Signature
6. Annex
7. 1INTRODUCTION
8. 1.1The sub-programme for Environment
9. 1.2The sub-programme for Climate Action
10. 2ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BETWEEN PRIORITY AREAS AND BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING — ARTICLE 24(2)(a)
11. 2.1The sub-programme for Environment
12. 2.2The sub-programme for Climate Action
13. 3PROJECT TOPICS IMPLEMENTING THE THEMATIC PRIORITIES SET OUT IN ANNEX III FOR THE SUB-PROGRAMME FOR ENVIRONMENT (ARTICLE 24(2)(b) OF THE LIFE REGULATION)
14. 3.1Priority area Environment and Resource Efficiency
15. LIFE Regulation Annex III
16. (a)Thematic priorities for Water, including the marine environment : activities for the implementation of the specific objectives for water set out in the Roadmap for a Resource-Efficient Europe and the 7th Environment Action Programme, in particular:
17. Water, floods and drought — Annex III, section A, points (a)(i)-(ii)
18. 1Implementation of flood and/or drought risk management actions by applying at least one of the following:
19. 2Division 2
20. 3Division 3
21. 4Division 4
22. 5Division 5
23. Marine and coastal management — Annex III, section A, point (a)(iii)
24. 1Application of tools, technologies or practices to ensure the sustainability of human activities related to the marine environment, including by reducing the pressure of human activities on the marine environment, and addressing at least one of the following topics of high concern:
25. 2Division 2
26. Water Industry — Annex III, section A, point (a)(iv)
27. 1Division 1
28. 2Division 2
29. 3Improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of solutions and/or treatment options regarding recycled/reclaimed water, implementing one or more of the following:
30. LIFE Regulation Annex III
31. (b)Thematic priorities for Waste : activities for the implementation of the specific objectives for waste set out in the Roadmap for a Resource-Efficient Europe and the 7th Environment Action Programme, in particular:
32. Implementation of waste legislation — Annex III, section A, points (b)(i)-(ii)
33. 1Division 1
34. 2Implementation of innovative solutions targeting one of the following:
35. Explanatory note:
36. 3Division 3
37. Waste and Resource efficiency — Annex III, section A, point (b)(iii)
38. 1Implementation of new business and/or consumption models and/or approaches to support resource efficiency, in the priority industrial sectors as set out in the Roadmap for a Resource Efficient Europe and the EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy, focusing on product durability, reuse, repair and recycling and alternative processes to the sale of products. Already during the project duration, the implementation of the new business models and approaches should
39. Explanatory note:
40. LIFE Regulation Annex III
41. (c)Thematic priorities for Resource Efficiency, including soil and forests, and green and circular economy : activities for the implementation of the Roadmap for a Resource-Efficient Europe and of the 7th Environment Action Programme that are not covered by other thematic priorities referred to in this Annex, in particular:
42. Resource Efficiency, green and circular economy — Annex III, section A, point (c)(i)
43. Soil — Annex III, section A, point (c)(ii)
44. 1Implementation of actions in line with the Soil Sealing Guidelines with improved efficiency compared to market solutions with a view to achieving region- or nationwide spatial development without further land take or soil sealing. Such actions shall consist in at least one of the following:
45. 2Division 2
46. Forests — Annex III, section A, point (c)(iii)
47. Effective and efficient application of tools, methodologies, techniques, technologies and equipment to implement close-to-nature forest management approaches and similar silvicultural alternatives to more intensive forest management and/or management approaches based on planted even-aged and single-species stands, with a cost-effectiveness comparable to that of medium- or large-scale operations used in an equivalent more intensive and/or even-aged and single-species forest management context.
48. Explanatory note:
49. 2Division 2
50. LIFE Regulation Annex III
51. (d)Thematic priorities for Environment and Health, including chemicals and noise : support activities for the implementation of the specific objectives for environment and health set out in the 7th Environment Action Programme, in particular:
52. Chemicals — Annex III, section A, point (d)(i)
53. Noise — Annex III, section A, point (d)(ii)
54. Industrial accidents — Annex III, section A, point (e)(iii)
55. LIFE Regulation Annex III
56. (e)Thematic priorities for Air quality and emissions, including urban environment : support activities for the implementation of the specific objectives for air and emissions in the Roadmap for a Resource-Efficient Europe and the 7th Environment Action Programme, in particular:
57. Air quality legislation and the NEC Directive — Annex III, section A, points (e)(i)-(ii)
58. 1Air quality improvement and emission reduction of particulate matter (PM) in areas with high use of solid fuel like biomass, coal, and peat for domestic heating. Such projects shall implement one or more of the following:
59. 2Sustainable road transport mobility aiming at emissions of air pollutants, the reduction of which is essential for helping meet air quality standards, focussing on one or more of the following:
60. 3Division 3
61. 4Division 4
62. Industrial Emissions Directive — Annex III, section A, points (e)(iii)
63. Urban environment — Annex III, section A, point (e)
64. 3.2Priority area Nature and Biodiversity
65. LIFE Regulation Annex III
66. (a)Thematic priorities for Nature : activities for the implementation of Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, in particular:
67. LIFE Regulation Annex III
68. (b)Thematic priorities for Biodiversity : activities for the implementation of the Union Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, in particular:
69. 3.3Priority area Environmental Governance and Information
70. LIFE Regulation Annex III
71. Information, communication and awareness-raising campaigns — Annex III, section C, point (a)
72. Activities in support of effective control process as well as measures to promote compliance — Annex III, section C, point (b)
73. Information systems, quality of public administration and voluntary approaches
74. 1Improving environmental information systems operated by public authorities for electronically collecting, processing, storing and sharing environmental information, by developing and providing new or, where available, enhancing existing systems. Projects should improve the implementation of EU environmental policy and be in line with EU reporting obligations.
75. Explanatory note:
76. 2Improving the capacity and quality of public administration in relation to plans, programmes, analyses, reviews and assessments and/or to permits, derogations, and other decisions on specific activities, where appropriate also in partnership with private entities, with a view to reducing administrative burden while optimising environmental outcomes and integrating, where appropriate, nature conservation.
77. Explanatory note:
78. 3Development, promotion, implementation and/or harmonisation of one or more of the following voluntary approaches and their use by entities aiming at reducing impact on the environment of their activities, products and services:
79. Environmental compliance assurance and access to justice
80. 1Supporting environmental compliance assurance by developing and implementing or implementing existing cross-border, national or regional risk-based strategies to promote, check and enforce compliance through use of a mix of administrative law, criminal law and environmental liability regarding one or more of the following:
81. Explanatory note:
82. Supporting environmental compliance assurance by establishing new or, where in place, enhancing existing cross-border, national or regional networks of environmental compliance assurance practitioners or experts and/or establishing or, where in place, improving professional qualifications and training to improve compliance with binding EU environmental instruments, through promoting, checking and enforcing compliance using a mix of administrative law, criminal law and environmental liability.
83. Explanatory note:
84. 3Development and use of innovative tools and actions to promote, monitor and enforce compliance through the establishment and use of new or, where in place, enhancement of existing tools and actions belonging to one or more of the following categories:
85. Explanatory note
86. Improving the handling by public authorities of environmental complaints and submissions from the public, where appropriate also in partnership with private entities, through the development and provision of new or, where available, enhancement of existing systems and techniques for managing complaints and submissions from the public with a view to optimising the reliability of the information provided, facilitating inter-action between authorities and the public, minimising administrative burden, and contributing to the successful implementation of binding EU environmental instruments.
87. Explanatory note:
88. 5Promoting access to justice in environmental matters and/or mediation amongst the public, NGOs, lawyers, the judiciary, public administrations or other stakeholders with a view to improving knowledge, understanding and application of these means of dealing with environmental disputes, with a particular focus on:
89. 4LINKING THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES TO ACTION GRANTS UNDER THE SUB-PROGRAMME FOR CLIMATE ACTION
90. 5TECHNICAL METHODOLOGY FOR THE PROJECT SELECTION PROCEDURE AND SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA FOR GRANTS (ARTICLE 24(2)(d) OF THE LIFE REGULATION)
91. 5.1Action grants
92. 5.1.1Projects pursuant to Article 18(a), (b), (c) and (h) of the LIFE Regulation
93. 5.1.1.1Technical methodology for the project submission and selection procedure
94. The two-stage approach
95. Stage 1:
96. Stage 2:
97. (b)The one-stage approach
98. 5.1.1.2Eligibility and award criteria
99. (a)Eligibility criteria
100. (b)Award criteria
101. Particular award criteria for concept notesDivision Particular award criteria for concept notes
102. Award criteria for full proposals
103. —Technical coherence and quality
104. —Financial coherence and quality
105. —EU added value: extent and quality of the contribution to the specific objectives of the priority areas of the two LIFE sub-programmes
106. —EU added value: sustainability (continuation, replication, transfer potential)
107. EU added value: synergies and transnationality
108. —Synergies (including multi-purpose, integration/complementarity, green public procurement, ecolabel, and uptake of EU-funded research results):
109. —Transnationality
110. —Specific criteria and scoring system for projects under the sub-programme for Environment
111. —EU added value: contribution to the project topics
112. —Specific criteria and scoring system for Climate Action projects
113. —EU added value: relevance of proposals to the Climate Action policy areas and detailed work areas in the annual calls for proposals
114. 5.1.2Integrated projects pursuant to Articles 2(d) and 18(d) of the LIFE Regulation
115. Technical methodology for the project submission and selection procedure
116. Stage 1:
117. Stage 2:
118. 5.1.2.2Eligibility and award criteria
119. (a)Eligibility criteria
120. (b)Award criteria
121. —EU added value: extent and quality of the contribution to the objectives
122. —Specific criteria for projects under the sub-programme Environment
123. —Specific criteria for Climate Action projects
124. —Division —
125. —Division —
126. 5.1.3Technical assistance projects pursuant to Article 18(e) of the LIFE Regulation
127. 5.1.3.1Technical methodology for the project selection procedure
128. 5.1.3.2Eligibility and award criteria
129. (a)Eligibility criteria
130. (b)Award criteria
131. —Technical coherence and quality
132. —Financial coherence and quality
133. 5.1.4Capacity-building projects pursuant to Article 18(f) of the LIFE Regulation
134. 5.1.4.1Technical methodology for the project selection procedure
135. 5.1.4.2Eligibility and award criteria
136. (a)Eligibility criteria
137. (b)Award criteria
138. 5.1.5Preparatory projects pursuant to Article 18(g) of the LIFE Regulation
139. 5.1.5.1Technical methodology for the project selection procedure
140. 5.1.5.2Eligibility and award criteria
141. (a)Eligibility criteria
142. (b)Award criteria
143. 5.1.6Projects needed for the purpose of achieving the general objectives set out in Article 3 of the LIFE Regulation
144. 5.1.6.1Technical methodology for the project selection procedure
145. Eligibility and award criteria
146. (a)Eligibility criteria
147. (b)Award criteria
148. 5.2Operating grants
149. 5.2.1Selection criteria for operating grants
150. Award criteria for operating grants
151. 5.2.2.1Operating grants/Framework partnership agreements for non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
152. 5.2.2.2Other operating grants
153. 5.3Financial instruments
154. Natural Capital Financing Facility (NCFF)
155. 5.3.1.1Contribution to LIFE objectives
156. 5.3.1.2NCFF state-of-play
157. 5.3.1.3Structure of the financial instrument
158. 5.3.1.4Technical methodology for the project selection procedure
159. Private Finance for Energy Efficiency instruments (PF4EE)
160. 5.3.2.1Contribution to LIFE objectives
161. 5.3.2.2PF4EE state-of-play and upscale
162. 5.3.2.3Structure of the financial instrument
163. 5.3.2.4Technical methodology for the project selection procedure
164. 5.4Other activities
165. INDICATIVE TIMETABLES FOR THE CALLS FOR PROPOSALS (ARTICLE 24(2)(e) OF THE LIFE REGULATION)
166. 6.1Indicative timetables for grants
167. 6.2Indicative timetables for financial instruments
168. 7QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE OUTCOMES, INDICATORS AND TARGETS FOR EACH PRIORITY AREA AND TYPE OF PROJECTS (ARTICLE 24(2)(c) OF THE LIFE REGULATION
169. 7.1Sub-Programme for Environment
170. 7.2Sub-Programme for Climate Action
171. Specific outcomes, indicators and targets for financial instruments
172. Indicators common for all the financial instruments
173. Specific indicators for NCFF
174. Specific indicators for PF4EE
175. Expected outcomes specific to NCFF
176. Expected outcomes specific to PF4EE