Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change Yiannis Maniatis presented the priorities of the Greek Presidency in the field of Environment before the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament on January 23. 

Maniatis said that the Presidency would focus, inter alia, on structural reform of the EU Emisions Trading System (ETS), maritime emissions, preparations for the 2015 climate talks, the air quality package, and legislation aiming to reduce the use of plastic bags. He also underlined the importance of the "Energy-Climate in the framework of 2030" package, which entails extremely important decisions on the future of the EU in the fields of energy and climate change.