As of today, 28 August 2026, Greece’s new Special Spatial Framework for Industry and the Supply Chain (SSF-Industry) enters into force. Designed to modernise and clarify the rules governing the spatial planning of productive activity across the country, the framework aims to foster sustainable, resilient, and strategically aligned industrial development.
A Coordinated Policy Shift
The SSF-Industry was jointly established by a Ministerial Decision issued by Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou and Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos. It joins existing special frameworks for tourism and renewable energy, as well as regional and local urban planning schemes already in place nationwide.
This update replaces the previous Industrial Spatial Framework, adopted in 2009 — a time marked by vastly different economic, geopolitical, and environmental conditions. The new framework responds directly to contemporary priorities: energy security, access to critical raw materials, supply chain stability, the green energy transition, technological transformation, and the strengthening of national productive and strategic resilience.
From Scattered Growth to Organised Clusters
A central objective of the SSF-Industry is to shift away from fragmented, uncoordinated industrial expansion toward more structured, environmentally conscious, and infrastructure-ready forms of spatial organisation. This includes prioritising designated zones such as Business Parks, as well as areas where industrial use is explicitly permitted under existing land-use regulations.
All relevant ministries are expected to collaborate effectively to support the implementation of this policy — particularly in developing and upgrading business parks that meet modern standards for sustainability, connectivity, and innovation capacity.
Industry and Supply Chains as One System
For the first time, the framework treats industry and its supply chain as an integrated production system. Rather than focusing solely on individual factories, it addresses the full cycle — from manufacturing to logistics and distribution — enhancing supply security, international competitiveness, and overall economic resilience.
Critical Raw Materials Take Centre Stage
The SSF-Industry gives clear priority to investments involving critical and strategic raw materials abundant in Greece — especially those essential for clean energy technologies and national strategic autonomy. Responsible exploitation and value-added processing of these resources are now embedded in spatial planning logic.
National Resilience as a Core Goal
In an era of global uncertainty, the framework actively supports strategic industrial investments — including projects of common European interest — that contribute significantly to Greece’s long-term economic growth, job creation, and technological sovereignty.