Division A Priority area Environment and Resource Efficiency:

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:

1. (i)

   integrated approaches for the implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC;

2. (ii)

   activities for the implementation of Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1;

3. (iii)

   activities for the implementation of the programme of measures of Directive 2008/56/EC with a view to achieving good environmental status of marine waters;

4. (iv)

   activities to ensure safe and efficient use of water resources, improving quantitative water management, preserving a high level of water quality and avoiding misuse and deterioration of water resources.

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:

1. (i)

   integrated approaches for the implementation of waste plans and programmes;

2. (ii)

   activities for the implementation and development of Union waste legislation, with particular emphasis on the first steps of the Union waste hierarchy (prevention, re-use and recycling);

3. (iii)

   activities for resource efficiency and lifecycle impact of products, consumption patterns and dematerialisation of the economy.

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:

1. (i)

   activities for industrial symbiosis and knowledge transfer, and development of new models for the shift towards a circular and green economy;

2. (ii)

   activities for the Soil Thematic Strategy (Commission Communication of 22 September 2006 entitled "Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection") with special emphasis on mitigation and compensation of soil sealing, and improved land use;

3. (iii)

   activities for forest monitoring and information systems, and to prevent forest fires.

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:

1. (i)

   support activities for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2 (REACH) and Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f3 (Biocidal Products Regulation) to ensure a safer, more sustainable or economical use of chemicals (including nanomaterials);

2. (ii)

   support activities to facilitate the implementation of Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4 (Noise Directive) in order to achieve noise levels that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health;

3. (iii)

   support activities for avoiding major accidents in particular facilitating the implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^f5 (Seveso III Directive).

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:

1. (i)

   integrated approaches to the implementation of Air quality legislation;

2. (ii)

   support activities to facilitate compliance with Union air quality and related air emissions standards including Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and the Council^f6 (National Emissions Ceilings Directive);

3. (iii)

   support activities for the enhanced implementation of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^f7 (Industrial Emissions Directive) with a special emphasis on improving the process of defining and implementing best available techniques, ensuring easy public access to information and enhancing the contribution of the Industrial Emissions Directive to innovation.