Presentation of Radu Cadariu from MoEWM on

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AC IMPEL Projects in Romania
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• AC IMPEL - Network for the implementation and
  enforcement of environmental law in the candidate
  countries in Central and Eastern Europe
• It is composed of representatives (called
  national co-ordinators) of all accession
  countries, namely Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
  Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
  Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
  Representatives of Turkey, Malta and Cyprus have
  been invited to participate in the various
  project activities

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• The network is chaired by the Commission (DG
  XI) and the Secretariat is also managed by the
  Commission
• The main activities of AC IMPEL include
• Two plenary meetings a year in the associated
  countries by rotation
• Exchange programmes for inspectors (including
  participation of inspectors from the candidate
  countries to the corresponding IMPEL projects and
  programmes for the inspectors of the candidate
  countries with the participation of IMPEL
  experts)

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• Training programmes for inspectors
• An analysis of the countries systems of
  implementation and enforcement
• Addressing problems in relation to the
  approximation of particular EU environmental
  legal acts
• Possible publications
• Special ad hoc projects
• Participation in IMPEL projects

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• The Commission has adopted a Communication on
  Accession Strategies for the Environment to
  complement the accession partnerships
• It also provides help to the candidates in
  updating and detailing the National Programmes
  for the Adoption of the Acquis
• Before accession the candidates should together
  with the EU, draw up and start implementing
  national long-term strategies for gradual and
  effective alignment with the environmental
  acquis, particularly for tackling water and air
  pollution

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• This strategy for adoption and implementation of
  the environmental acquis should be combined with
  a reinforced EU pre-accession assistance strategy
  where investment for adoption of the
  environmental acquis is one of the priorities
• The main sector specific challenges for the
  candidates, according to the Commission, relate
  to air and water quality, waste management,
  industrial pollution control and nuclear safety

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• AC IMPEL/IMPEL First Exchange Program,
  16-20 February 1998
• Focal poits were Svetlana Zhekova in Bulgaria,
  Pavel Sremer in the Czech Republic, Aare Sirendi
  in Estonia, Pal Varga in Hungary, Vilis Avotins
  in Latvia, Vaclovas Berzinskas in Lithuania,
  Krystyna Panek-Gondek in Poland, Ileana Doina
  Vasilescu (in a later stage represented by Gabi
  Isac and Mihaela Beu) in Romania, Daniel
  Geisbacher in the Slovak Republic and Ivan
  Stefelj in Slovenia
• Final Report on Developing capacity in
  implementation and enforcement through the AC
  IMPEL network has be done on 20
  December 2003

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Romania participation

• The EC desk officer for Romania, Henriette
  Faergemann, provided essential support in
  organising the specific training course in
  Romania
• The primary target groups in country are the
  environmental agencies and inspectorates who are
  responsible for implementation of the
  environmental acquis
• The MoWEP participated to the AC IMPEL network
  activities since the beginning, during the 1998
  Tallin summit of the candidate countries

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• The support activities included the following
  items
• participation of the romanian experts to the AC
  IMPEL / IMPEL plenary meetings in Copenhagen,
  Athens and Rome. Romanian representatives
  presented the developments in inspection in their
  own country
• participation to the one - week study tours in
  the target countries - Slovakia and Bulgaria
• 18 Romanian reprezentatives has participated to
  the combined training course in Czech Republic
  and Slovak Republic

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• Evaluation of training courses

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• Average rating

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• In the year 2000, the representatives of the
  MoWEP participated in the IMPEL conference in
  Villach, Austria (11-13 November 2000) where
  problems of the IMPEL policy and role were
  debated, as well as the implementation of the
  IPPC European Directive and the environment
  information system (EIS)

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• In the year 2001, the representatives of the
  MoWEP participated in the common meeting IMPEL
  AC IMPEL in Falun, Sweden (18-20 June 2001). On
  this occasion there were presented the
  conclusions of the Rome seminar (March 2001) on
  the implementation by the candidate countries of
  the four directives (EIA, IPPC, Seveso and EMAS)

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• The Joint Meeting of IMPEL in Santiago de
  Compostela in June 2002 was an other important
  moment for Romania and the other AC IMPEL
  countries. In the name of AC IMPEL countries, the
  Polish AC IMPEL coordinator had a presentation
  about the activities and experiences acquired by
  the candidate countries. There were also a
  positive discussion about the future merge of
  IMPEL and AC IMPEL

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• In the second meeting of IMPEL plenary in Athens,
  1416 May 2003, representative of Romania
  presented tasks and responsibilities of the
  environmental protection inspectorate in Romania
• A training session Support on the application of
  integrated inspection system, BAT and clean
  technologies in line with obligation assumed
  during negotiations, period 27-29.10.2004, in
  Bucharest, held at the National Research
  Institute for Environmental Protection, with the
  participation of MoEWM, NEPA, REPA, Romanian
  Water Administration and National Environmental
  Guard

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• During 24-28 of April 2004 has been done the
  Study visit tour of IMPEL members. The program
  was to visite of 2 activities falling under IPPC
• SC OLTCHIM SA Rm. Valcea, activity that have
  approved a transitional period until 31 of
  December, 2014 activity 4 of Annex I
• SA Automobile Dacia SA Pitesti, activity without
  a transitional period falling under activity 2
  and 6.7.from Annex I

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• Institutional assessment in the period 6-10
  December 2004 and 5 April 2005. There were
  performed assessments through interviews with
  representatives of MoEWM, NEPA, REPA of Pitesti
  and EPG of Pitesti and Bucuresti. There were
  interviews with representatives of Romanian
  Water Administration, LEP Ploiesti and EPG
  Ploiesti, as well as representatives of EPA and
  REPA Sibiu, EPG of Sibiu and local waters
  management company representatives

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• From 1 January, 2003, AC IMPEL and IMPEL were
  officially merged, but AC IMPEL has remained a
  subnetwork with certain distinct activities, and
  with a separate budget until
• 01 January 2005

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