CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION (LRTAP)
Review Mission Greece, Athens 3-4 November 2010
Venue :Ministry for the Environment,Energy and Climate Change
Auditorium, 119 Mesogeion Av, 10192 Athens, Greecee
Tel 210 6969877 – 8, Fax: 210 6969608
Members of expert review team (ERT)
Marta Munoz Cuesta (mmcuesta@mma.es )
Larsolov OLSSON (larsolov.Olsson@naturvardsverket.se)
Ivan ANGELOV (angelov@moew.government.bg)
Ministry for the Environment Energy and Climate Change.
Prof. Andreas Andreopoulos , Secretary General , Ministry for the Environment
Prof. Kostas Mathioudakis , Secretary General, Ministry for the Environment
Kyriakos Psychas, Chancellor to the Minister for the Environment
Nikolaos Manalis, Ministry for the Environment, Director, Division Air Pollution and noise control
Alexandros Karavanas, Ministry for the Environment, GHG Registry Administrator.
Ilias Mavroidis, Ministry for the Environment ,Division of International and EU relations
George Chronopoulos, Environmental Inspectorate, Ministry for the Environment
Tasos Adamopoulos Ministry for the Environment, Division Air Pollution and noise control
Dimitrios Athanasiou, Environmental Inspectorate, Ministry for the Environment
Ministry for the Regional Development
Charito Piperopoulou, Director
National Committee for meeting 20-20-20 targets and other requirements
Prof, Dimitris Lalas, Chairman
Center for Renewable Center and Saving
Kostas Tigas, Director of Division for Energy Policy and planning
George Giannakidis, Head of Energy Systems Analysis Laboratory
GHG Inventory Unit
Prof, Ioannis Ziomas, National Technical University of Athens
Ioannis Sempos (Sebos), National Technical University of Athens
Athina Progiou, National Technical University of Athens
Public Power Corporation
Vaso Tsadari, Director
Politopoulou Sofia , Division of the Environment
Christou Athina, Division of the Environment
Konstantinos Kotzinos, Division of the Environment
Hellenic Petroleum
Pinelopi Pagoni, Director, Health, Safety and Environment Division
Dimitris Leventos, Health, Safety and Environment Division
To be confirmed
Program for the country mission to Greece following EB decision 2009/6 on compliance with the
protocol on NOX
Draft Agenda
Indicative
time Schedule
09:30 - 10:00
DAY 1 (3 November 2010)
Welcome, acquaintance and introduction
Introduction, Welcome
Speaker
Alexandros Karavanas, Ministry of
Environment, Energy and Climate
Change
Prof. Andreas Andreopoulos ,
Secretary General, Ministry of
Environment, Energy and Climate
Change
Prof. Kostas Mathioudakis ,
Secretary General, Ministry for the
Environment
10:00 - 11:00
Clarification of EB decisions
ERT
Purpose of mission.
Content of decisions.
Findings of the IC on the latest submissions (reports).
Discussion on how to improve reporting.
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:30
Coffee break
Administration: organisation and
responsibilities
Greece, policy makers
Environmental Policy in Greece. EU Climate and
Prof D Lalas, Head of 20-20-20Committee
Energy Package / 20 -20 -20 targets.
Organizational aspects, responsibilities and competences,
concerning legislation and policies, of the local, regional
and national authorities.
Alexandros Karavanas, Ministry of
Environment, Energy and Climate
Change
Policies and measures
Status and implementation, compliance and
enforcement of permitting legislation.
George Chronopoulos,
Environmental Inspectorate,
Ministry of Environment, Energy
and Climate Change
Monitoring mechanism for the air quality. NOx
levels.
Tasos Adamopoulos, Ministry of
Environment, Energy and Climate
Change
EU Climate and Energy Package / 20 -20 -20
targets. Implemented and planned national
measures.
Kostas Tigas, Director of Division
for Energy Policy and planning,
Center for Renewable Energy
Sources and Saving
Discussion
13:30 - 14:30
14:30 - 16:00
Lunch Break
Emissions and Projections
Organizational and Responsibilities for National
Emission Inventories
16:00 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Greece, policy makers
Alexandros Karavanas, Ministry for
the Environment
Overview of institutional, legal and procedural
arrangements of National GHG Emission System.
Prof, Ioannis Ziomas, National
Technical University of Athens ,
Inventory planning and preparation. Brief general
description of methodologies and data sources used.
Ioannis Sempos, National Technical
University of Athens
Methodology and energy model analysis
George Giannakidis, Head of
Energy Systems Analysis
Laboratory, Center for Renewable
Energy Sources and Saving
General presentation on emission trends and
projections of NOx. Quantification of policies
impact.
Ioannis Sempos, National Technical
University of Athens
Coffee break
Sectoral presentation NOX: measures and effects
Greece, experts and policy
makers
Refineries
Pinelopi Pagoni, Dimitris Leventos
Hellenic Petroleum
Shipping
Hellenic Coast Guard.
Stationary combustion < 50 MW (households,
commercial and agriculture). National policies and
planned measures.
Dimitrios Athanasiou,
Environmental Inspectorate,
Ministry of Environment, Energy
and Climate Change
Sectoral discussion NOX: measures and effects
Discussion
All
Time Schedule
DAY 2 (4 November 2010)
09:30 - 10:15
Sectoral presentation NOX: measures and effects
Power plant sector
10:15 – 11:00
Sectoral discussion NOX: measures and effects
Speaker
Greece, experts and policy
makers
Politopoulou Sofia, Athina
Christou, Kotzinos Konstantinos,
Public Power Corporation
All
Discussion
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 – 12:00
Coffee break
Sectoral presentation NOX: measures and effects
Road transport
12:00 – 12:45
Sectoral discussion NOX: measures and effects
Greece, experts and policy
makers
Athina Progiou, National
Technical University of Athens
All
Discussion
12:45 – 13:00
Close of meeting
All