Third BERCEN Plenary MeetingThird BERCEN Plenary MeetingDecember 16-17, 2004 December 16-17, 2004 Brussels, BelgiumBrussels, Belgium

Key Achievements in Environmental Enforcement and Compliance in

the Republic of Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

Biljana DjurovicHead of Department for International

CooperationMinistry of Environment and Physical Planning

Key Achievements

Achievements can be described as a general improvements of the present legislation, more involvement of the public in

the process of decision-making and better compliance of the

legislation

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTSPreparation of new laws in line with

environmental acquis

1. Horizontal legislation– Law on Environmental Impact

Assessment and two sub-legal acts– Law on Strategic Environmental

Impact Assessment and one sub-legal act

– Law on Integrated pollution prevention and control and two sub-legal acts

– Environmental Protection Agency

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTSPreparation of new laws in line with

environmental acquis

2. Legislation on– Waste/hazardous waste management– Ambient air quality– Environmental Noise– Ionizing radiation and nuclear safety– Spatial planning– Eco Fund– Access to environmental information

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS- Development of policy framework -

1. Master plans and feasibility studies for waste water treatment in the – Coastal region and– Central and northern regions of

Montenegro

2. National Policy on Waste Management3. Solid Waste Strategic Master Plan4. Development of Spatial plan of

Montenegro5. Development of Coastal Zone

Management Strategy

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS- International cooperation-

Numerous environmental projects are realized through:

1. Bilateral cooperation (Albania, Italy, Finland, Austria, Japan)

2. Regional cooperation (REReP, Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, Central European Initiative, MAP, REC,EAR, EEA)

3. Cooperation with international organizations (UNDP, UNEP, OSCE, World Bank, Interreg, UNIDO, EPA, UNECE)

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS- Implementation of

International conventions-1. Basel Convention2. CITES3. UN Framework convention on

climate change and Kyoto Protocol4. Barcelona convention5. Montreal Protocol6. Stockholm convention on POPs7. Ramsar Convention

MONTENEGRO EU INTEGRATION NETWORK

• Ministry for economic relation and European Integration

• The Council for European integration• Parliamentarian Committee for EU

Integration• Commission for Coordination of the

process of Accession to the EU• Contact person for EU Integration

within ministries

MONTENEGRO EU INTEGRATION NETWORK

Documents adopted by the Government:

• Action Plan for Implementation of European Partnership recommendations – Short and medium term priorities

• The Communication Strategy of Montenegro in the process of Association with EU

FURTHER ACTIVITIES (2004-2006)

Legislative• To continue transposition of EU environmental

legislation into the national legal system• To implement and enforce new legal acts – the

biggest challenge

Institutional• To strengthen capacity of the ministries, agencies

and enforcement institutions• To improve intra-ministerial cooperation and

coordination

Financial• To prepare financial strategy• To improve EC financial assistance

PARTICIPATION OF MONTENEGRO IN BERCEN

ACTIVITIES2003-2004

• Train the Training Programme in Montenegro focused on IPPC Permitting

• Study Tour for environmental inspectors in Poland – permitting system, implementation of IPPC and Seveso II directives and on site inspection

• 3th BERCEN Exchange Programme in Czech Republic focused on IPPC implementation

• Implementation and use of BREFs – participation of Montenegrin representative in the IMPEL Project

BERCEN SUCCESSES

• The BERCEN inspectors and permit writers improved their knowledge on IPPC Directive and the Parliament and Council Recommendation Providing Minimum criteria for Environmental Inspectors

• The transposition of EC laws into national law as a part of SAP

• Regional cooperation and mutual understanding among environmental authorities

• Exchange of experience and information among people involved in environmental inspection, permitting and implementation of environmental law

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BERCEN ACTIVITIES IN THE FUTURE

• Candidate, pre-candidate as well as other countries willing to join the EU have the same agenda, so BERCEN should have the same platform as AC-IMPEL and IMPEL

• Besides IPPC, BERCEN should focused on implementation of other EU directives dealing with air, water, waste, nature, noise, etc.

• BERCEN should focused much more on pre-accession activities

BERCEN ACTIVITIES IN THE FUTURE

• BERCEN should have much closer cooperation with IMPEL through joint projects and the participation of the BERCEN representatives to certain IMPEL activities

• All BERCEN countries need much more support, especially financial one, to implement new transposed environmental laws

• After merging AC-IMPEL and IMPEL it is a right moment for BERCEN to be transformed

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION