Permitting of industrial facilities in Croatia

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• Permitting of industrial facilities in Croatia

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• Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24
• September 1996 concerning
• INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION
• AND CONTROL
• As amended by
• Directive 2003/35 (public participation and
• access to information)
• Directive 2003/87 (greenhouse gases
• emission trading scheme)
• Regulation 1882/2003 (committee procedure)

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• IPPC Directive has not been transposed in the
• Croatian legislative acts.
• existing permitting and inspection - based on
  single media and fragmented
• elements of the IPPC Directive - partially
  transposed in existing national legislation
• quite a number of sectoral legislation covering
  different aspects of environmental protection
• Provisions of those acts do not meet the full
  requirements in the IPPC Directive!

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NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE
MEPPPC (Min. of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction) EIA procedure waste management location permit construction, operational permit Environmental Protection Act (OG 82/94, 128/99) Ordinance on EIA (OG 59/00, 136/04) Waste Act (OG 178/04, 111/06) and appropriate legislation Act on Physical Planning (OG 30/94, 68/98, 61/00, 32/02, 100/04) Construction Act (OG 175/03, 100/04)
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NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE
MEPPPC air protection inspection Air Protection Act (OG 178/04) Regulation on LV of pollutant emissions from stationary sources into the air (OG 21/07)
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NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE
MAFWM (Min. of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management) integrated water management ELV into the water Water Act (OG 107/95, 150/05) Ordinance on Water Clasification (OG 77/98) Regulation on Limit Values of Dangerous and other Substances in Waste Water (OG 40/99, 6/01, 14/01)
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NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE
MAFWM water management permit (for wastewater discharge) inspection Act on Water Management Financing (OG 107/95, 19/96, 88/98, 150/05) Ordinance on Dangerous Substances in Water (OG 77/98) Regulation on Water Management Legal Acts Issues (OG 28/96)
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NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE NATIONAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE
MHSW (Min. of Health and Social Welfare) noise emission Inspection Noise Protection Act (OG 20/03) Ordinance on the maximum permitted noise levels in the environment in which people work and live (OG 145/04)
CEA (Croatian Environment Agency) Environ. Information System (EIS) Regulation on the Establishment of the Croatian Environment Agency (OG 75/02)
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PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF No. OF IPPC INSTALLATIONS ACCORDING TO ANNEX I CATEGORIES No.
Energy industries 1.1 1.2 11
Production and processing of metals 2.2 2.3 (b) 2.4 2.5 (b) 2.6 19
Mineral industry 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 22
Chemical industry 4.1 (a) (f) 4.2 (a) (b) 4.3 4.4 4.5 11
Waste management 5.4 32
Other activities 6.1 (a) (b) 6.2 6.3 6.4 (b) (c) 6.5 6.6 (a) (b) 6.7 6.8 55
TOTAL 150
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• The legal framework for the establishment of an
• integrated environmental pollution prevention and
• control system will be the new Environmental
• Protection Act /2007/ and appropriate
• implementing legislation in compliance with the
• provisions of the IPPC Directive /2007 -2008/.

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• INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
• MEPPPC has been envisaged as CA.
• MEPPPC - Inspection Directorate has been
  envisaged to be in-charge for compliance
  monitoring.
• Co-ordination procedure will be established with
  other relevant governmental authorities MAFWM
  and MHSW.
• CEA has been envisaged as the authority to be
  responsible for the exchange of information.

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• INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
• Direct application of Annex I Directive
  strengthening capacity among affected industries.

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• COMPLIANCE COST
• The implementation of the IPPC Directive will
  represent the most significant change to current
  practice in the field of environment to the
  industry.
• Cost assessment will be conducted on
  plant-by-plant basis
• Resources (extra-budgetary) of the Environmental
  Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund will be
  used.
• Public-private partnerships will be emphasized.

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• RELATED ACTIVITIES 2006/07
• Pilot project Priority activities for IPPC
  started with Croatian Cleaner Production Centre -
  continuing
• TAIEX project for industry Croatian Chamber of
  Economy
• Water and wastewater training for industry - REC
• CARDS 2004 Further Support to the Approximation
  of Croatian Legislation with the EU Environmental
  Acquis (2007)