Streamlined permitting and information for project promoters

These points of contact are responsible for facilitating and coordinating the entire permitting process and for enabling several measures that enhance efficiency.

EU countries have designated the single points of contact below.

Austria

None currently.

Belgium

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
SPW Wallonie	extraction, recycling, processing, and substitution	questions [dot] permis [dot] environnementspw [dot] wallonie [dot] be (questions[dot]permis[dot]environnement[at]spw[dot]wallonie[dot]be)
Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship	extraction, recycling, processing, and substitution	investvlaio [dot] be (invest[at]vlaio[dot]be)

Bulgaria

None currently.

Croatia

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Ministry of Economy	extraction, recycling, processing, substitution, or a combination	rudarstvomingo [dot] hr (rudarstvo[at]mingo[dot]hr)

Republic of Cyprus

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
The Mines Service	extraction, recycling, processing, substitution, or a combination	minesinfomines [dot] moa [dot] gov [dot] cy (minesinfo[at]mines[dot]moa[dot]gov[dot]cy)

Czech Republic

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Ministry of Industry and Trade	Substitution	mpo-crm-boardmpo [dot] gov [dot] cz (mpo-crm-board[at]mpo[dot]gov[dot]cz)
Ing. Dušan Havel, MPA, Director of the Mining Department	determination of mining areas, opening, preparation, and mining of exclusive deposits, as well as in the area of securing and liquidating mining works and in the area of mining waste storage site operation	dusan [dot] havelcbu [dot] gov [dot] cz (dusan[dot]havel[at]cbu[dot]gov[dot]cz)
RNDr. Martin Holý, Director of the Geology Department	in the area of geological work – searching for and exploring exclusive deposits and determining protected deposit areas	martin [dot] holymzp [dot] gov [dot] cz (martin[dot]holy[at]mzp[dot]gov[dot]cz)
Ing. Milena Pešoutová, Head of the Industrial and Mining Construction Department, Energy Construction Division	in the field for mining infrastructure construction projects is the Transport and Energy Construction Authority	milena [dot] pesoutovadeso [dot] gov [dot] cz (milena[dot]pesoutova[at]deso[dot]gov[dot]cz)

Denmark

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
One stop shop	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	onestopshoperst [dot] dk (onestopshop[at]erst[dot]dk)

Estonia

SPOC

Value chain stage(s) concerned

Email

The Geological Survey of Estonia

Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution and combinations

infoegt [dot] ee (info[at]egt[dot]ee)

Finland

SPOC

Value chain stage(s) concerned

Email

Phone

FI: Kriittisten raaka-aineiden hankkeiden yhteyspisteviranomainen

SV: Kontaktpunktsmyndigheten för projekt för kritiska råmaterial

EN: Single point of contact for critical raw material projects

Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution and combinations

FI: yhteyspistepalvelutlvv [dot] fi (yhteyspistepalvelut[at]lvv[dot]fi)

SV: kontaktpunktstjansterlvv [dot] fi (kontaktpunktstjanster[at]lvv[dot]fi)

EN: spoclvv [dot] fi (spoc[at]lvv[dot]fi)

+358 295 256 920

France

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Délégation interministérielle à la sécurisation de l’approvisionnement en métaux stratégiques (DIAMMS)	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	didier [dot] le-moinefinances [dot] gouv [dot] fr (didier[dot]le-moine[at]finances[dot]gouv[dot]fr)

Germany

SPOC	Geographical scope	Value chain stage(s) concerned
Zentrale Anlaufstellen	SPOCs are designated at federal state level to be accessed via linked website.	Indicated per federal state on linked website

Greece

SPOC

Value chain stage(s) concerned

Email

The Directorate-General for Mineral Raw Materials

General Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Raw Materials

Ministry for Environment and Energy

Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution and combinations

gdopyprv [dot] ypeka [dot] gr (gdopy[at]prv[dot]ypeka[dot]gr);

dmetal [dot] gramprv [dot] ypeka [dot] gr (dmetal[dot]gram[at]prv[dot]ypeka[dot]gr)

Hungary

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Ministry for National Economy, Department of Industrial Strategy	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	crmangm [dot] gov [dot] hu (crma[at]ngm[dot]gov[dot]hu)

Ireland

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	processing and recycling projects	licensingepa [dot] ie (licensing[at]epa[dot]ie)
The Geoscience Regulation Office (GSRO)	extraction projects.	gsrodcee [dot] gov [dot] ie (gsro[at]dcee[dot]gov[dot]ie)

Italy

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
General Direction of energy sources and enabling titles - DGFTA	Extraction	mineralicriticiestrazionemase [dot] gov [dot] it (mineralicriticiestrazione[at]mase[dot]gov[dot]it) mineralicriticiestrazionepec [dot] mase [dot] gov [dot] it (mineralicriticiestrazione[at]pec[dot]mase[dot]gov[dot]it)
Unità di Missione Attrazione e Sblocco Investimenti (Investment Facilitation Unit)	Processing	UMASImimit [dot] gov [dot] it (UMASI[at]mimit[dot]gov[dot]it) UMASIpec [dot] mimit [dot] gov [dot] it (UMASI[at]pec[dot]mimit[dot]gov[dot]it)
Directorate General for Circular Economy and Remediation - DGECB	Recycling	mineralicriticiriciclaggiomase [dot] gov [dot] it (mineralicriticiriciclaggio[at]mase[dot]gov[dot]it) mineralicriticiricilaggiopec [dot] mase [dot] gov [dot] it (mineralicriticiricilaggio[at]pec[dot]mase[dot]gov[dot]it)

Latvia

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Aleksandrs Zabeckis - Investment and Development Agency of Latvia	extraction, recycling, processing, substitution, or a combination	aleksandrs [dot] zabeckisliaa [dot] gov [dot] lv (aleksandrs[dot]zabeckis[at]liaa[dot]gov[dot]lv)

Luxembourg

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Urban planning and environment facilitation unit of the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning	extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	Julienhavetmat [dot] etat [dot] lu (Julien[dot]Havet[at]mat[dot]etat[dot]lu)

Lithuania

SPOC

Value chain stage(s) concerned

Email

Phone

Invest Lithuania

Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution and combinations

vytenis [dot] fuks

investlithuania [dot] com (vytenis[dot]fuks[at]investlithuania[dot]com)

+370 611 00985

Innovation Agency

Consultation and financial support

a [dot] janulaityte

inovacijuagentura [dot] lt (a[dot]janulaityte[at]inovacijuagentura[dot]lt)

+370 686 58 356

Malta

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Marika Tonna, Chief Officer, Malta Enterprise, Administration	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	marika [dot] tonnabusinessfirst [dot] com [dot] mt (marika[dot]tonna[at]businessfirst[dot]com[dot]mt)

Netherlands

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Netherlands Enterprise Agency	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	vergunningcrma_nziarvo [dot] nl (vergunningcrma_nzia[at]rvo[dot]nl)

Poland

Department of Geology of the Ministry of Climate and Environment – mining permits
Email: departament [dot] geologiiklimat [dot] gov [dot] pl (departament[dot]geologii[at]klimat[dot]gov[dot]pl)

The appropriate Marshal of the Voivodeship with respect to the location of the strategic project - processing, recycling

The appropriate Regional Director for Environmental Protection due to the location of the strategic project – environment impact assessment

Portugal

SPOC	Geographical scope	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia	National	Extraction, including beneficiation and production of concentrates, Processing/Transformation and Mining waste valorisation linked to mines	geraldgeg [dot] gov [dot] pt (geral[at]dgeg[dot]gov[dot]pt)
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte	Regional, North	Processing/transformation, recycling and substitution	geralccdr-n [dot] pt (geral[at]ccdr-n[dot]pt)
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro	Regional, Centre	Processing/transformation, recycling and substitution	geralccdrc [dot] pt (geral[at]ccdrc[dot]pt)
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo	Regional, Lisboa e Vale do Tejo	Processing/transformation, recycling and substitution
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo	Regional, Alentejo	Processing/transformation, recycling and substitution
Comissão de Coordenação e de Desenvolvimento Regional do Algarve	Regional, Algarve	Processing/transformation, recycling and substitution	geralccdr-alg [dot] pt (geral[at]ccdr-alg[dot]pt)

Romania

SPOC

Value chain stage(s) concerned

National Regulatory Authority for Mining, Petroleum and Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (ANRMPSG)

Extraction

Industrial Licensing Office (OLI)

Processing, recycling, substitution

Slovakia

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Hlavný banský úrad (Main Mining Authority)	Extraction	hbuhbu [dot] sk (hbu[at]hbu[dot]sk)
Ministry of Economy of Slovakia	Processing	crm [dot] surovinymhsr [dot] sk (crm[dot]suroviny[at]mhsr[dot]sk)
Ministry of Environment of Slovakia	Recycling

Slovenia

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	ekt [dot] mgtsgov [dot] si (ekt[dot]mgts[at]gov[dot]si)

Spain

SPOC	Geographical scope	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
General Subdirectorate of Mines	SPOCs are designated at regional level to be accessed via linked website.	Indicated per region on linked website	bzn-sgminasmiteco [dot] es (bzn-sgminas[at]miteco[dot]es)

Sweden

SPOC	Value chain stage(s) concerned	Email
County Administrative Board Västerbotten	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	vasterbottenlansstyrelsen [dot] se (vasterbotten[at]lansstyrelsen[dot]se)
County Administrative Board Dalarna	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	dalarnalansstyrelsen [dot] se (dalarna[at]lansstyrelsen[dot]se)
County Administrative Board Stockholm	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	stockholmlansstyrelsen [dot] se (stockholm[at]lansstyrelsen[dot]se)
County Administrative Board Örebro	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	orebrolansstyrelsen [dot] se (orebro[at]lansstyrelsen[dot]se)
County Administrative Board Västra Götaland	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	vastragotalandlansstyrelsen [dot] se (vastragotaland[at]lansstyrelsen[dot]se)
County Administrative Board Skåne	Extraction, recycling, processing, substitution	skanelansstyrelsen [dot] se (skane[at]lansstyrelsen[dot]se)

Streamlined permitting and information for project promoters: Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)