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Environmental Implementation Review (EIR) Directorate Implementation & Support to Member States DG Environment, European Commission 28 April 2017
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Introduction video for EU citizens
EIR
The EIR is a two-yearly cycle of analysis, dialogue and concrete collaboration to boost environmental implementation
EIR The EIR cycle
Analysis Dialogue
Collaboration
28 Country reports with main challenges, opportunities & successes Communication: Synthesis report on common trends and challenges Annex with all suggested actions
Inclusive, cross-sectoral, multi-level country dialogues & Political exchanges in the Council
Concrete action: e.g. guidance; (administrative) reforms; Peer 2 Peer tool for sharing experiences & expertise; bilateral projects; political conclusions, etc.
Country Reports SWD(2017) 33-60 final
28 country reports (*30 pp, Staff Working Documents): Snapshot of main implementation gaps; success stories; suggested actions Same structure all Member States:
• Circular economy and waste • Nature, biodiversity and soil • Air quality, water management • Sustainable cities, international agreements • Market based instruments & investments • Effective governance & knowledge
No climate change this first round; no chemicals & Industrial Emissions Directive: no country specific data available
Suggested actions per section
Comments Member States on drafts have been incorporated
EIR Communication COM(2017)63 final
Communication "The EU Environmental Implementation Review: Common challenges and how to combine efforts to deliver better results"
Main policy conclusions from the country reports and sets out common trends, and an Annex with all suggested actions
Most pressing implementation gaps across Member States are found in waste management, nature and biodiversity, air quality, noise, and water quality and management
Some first conclusions on effective governance and capacity to implement rules
Successful practices: boxes with examples
DG ENV 04-04-2017
All Member States having marine waters still have gaps in implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, starting with the definition of good environmental status.
Most Member States' monitoring programmes will not be fully operational before 2018 or even 2020, which would lead to information gaps in the next assessment of their marine waters, due in 2018.
By March 2016, Member States were due to adopt programmes of measures that provide the core actions that will give their marine waters good environmental status. However, 10 Member States have not yet done so.
EIR Communication Examples of COM(2017)63 final 'policy findings':
EIR Communication Examples of COM(2017)63 final 'policy findings':
Only 7 Member States have (almost) completed the designation of SCIs under the Habitats Directive. 17 Member States have designated most sites on land but there are insufficiencies in the marine component of their network.
Lack of knowledge is one of the major obstacles to effective implementation in most of the Member States, including on marine ecosystems.
Other issues are lack of adequate funding, a lack of human resources and poor involvement of local commu-nities and stakeholders such as landowners and land users.
EIR is a tool which complements (not replaces) broader efforts to improve implementation
The EIR does not replace infringements
Other upcoming initiatives included in the 2017 Commission Work Programme and will support the EIR:
- Guidance on Access to Justice
- Environmental Compliance Assurance
- Fitness check Monitoring/Reporting
EIR Communication COM(2017)63 final
The analysis phase of the Environmental Implementation Review has shown that five 'root causes' of weak environmental implementation exist across the Member States:
1. Ineffective coordination among local, regional and national
authorities
2. Lack of administrative capacity and insufficient financing
3. Lack of knowledge and data
4. Insufficient compliance assurance mechanisms
5. Lack of integration and policy coherence, among others: silo-
thinking
Root causes
Next steps: Country Dialogues
28/03 Tallinn: Country dialogue Estonia
29/03 Brussels: country dialogue Belgium
03/04 Bratislava: country dialogue Slovakia
Dates tbc: Latvia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, …
All info & dates are on the EIR website http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eir/index_en.htm
07/09: launch seminar Peer2Peer tool with Committee of the Regions
During 2017: several legal package meetings with EIR information point
Thank you for your attention
EIR website: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eir/index_en.htm Contact: [email protected]
