Ports Planning Authority

According to article 159 of Law 4635/2019, HRADF acts as a Planning Authority, as defined by the environmental legislation (B ́1225/2006), for the Piraeus Port Authority, the Thessaloniki Port Authority, as well as for the 10 regional ports in its portfolio, including the activities that will be sub-concessed to Investors in accordance with Law 4597/2019. The role of HRADF as a Planning Authority includes, for each of these ports, the following:

Joined development of the strategic port planning and operations
Co-ordination of the consultation process on the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment Study (SEIA).
Active involvement in the approval of the master plan, the approval of investments and of the environmental terms.
Definition of the land uses and construction rules.
Preparation of the Presidential Decree (PD)

Appointed by Ministerial Order, HRADF may assume the role of the Planning Authority for ports infrastructure outside its portfolio and provide support and know-how to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, as well as to the port authorities.

Through its long-term gained expertise on environmental licensing of large-scale investments, as well as the acquired know-how and familiarity with public-sector procedures, the Fund – as Ports Planning Authority – aims at the essential development of the country’s ports infrastructure and the promotion of investments with a positive footprint for local communities and which will improve the existing facilities and create new jobs.