Transcript EU-Chemiepolitik (1)

EU Enlargement and its
Implications for the
Environment
Pollutec 10 November 2004
Margareta Stubenrauch
[email protected]
Enlargement
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1 May 2004: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia join the EU
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1 January 2007: Envisaged accession date for Bulgaria and Romania
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June 2003: Environmental chapter provisionally closed with Bulgaria
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November 2004: Environmental chapter with Romania still open
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2005: Negotiations with Croatia will start, Turkey to be decided at the
EU-Summit in December 2004
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March 2004: Macedonia put forward application to the EU
Accession Negotiations
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Adoption of the EU legislation was a pre-condition for
accession
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Approximately 200 pieces of legislation covering water, air,
waste, nature protection, GMOs, noise, radiation protection and
industrial pollution constituted the environmental chapter
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About 100 individual pieces of legislation, mainly on chemicals
were negotiated within the chapter free movement of goods.
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An appropriate justification, the small number, their short
duration, accompanied by interim targets and specific
implementation plans were required to obtain transitional
periods
Karte
„Difficult“ Pieces of Legislation
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Urban Waste Water Treatment: all accession
countries
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Packaging Waste: all countries with the
exception of Estonia
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Large Combustion Plants: all countries with the
exception of Latvia and Slovenia
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Justification: high investment costs, time
needed to implement the investments
Implementation Costs
Land
Maximalkosten (M€)
Minimalkosten (M€)
Bulgarien
15000
8610
Estland
4406
1500
Lettland
2360
1480
Litauen
2380
1600
Polen
42800
22100
Rumänien
22000
20200
Slowakei
5400
4100
Slowenien
2430
1840
Tschechien
13400
6600
Ungarn
13700
4118
(Quelle: Mitteilung der Europäische Kommission „Die Finanzierung des Umweltschutzes in den Bewerberländern“ KOM(2001) 304 endgültig )
Environment and EnlargementTen positive Arguments
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Clean Air
Improved Water
Quality
Better Waste
Management
An Economic Area with
Harmonised
Environmental
Standards
Opportunities for
Austrian companies
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No Environmental
Dumping
Improvement of the
Quality of Life
More Biodiversity
Nuclear Safety
More Weight in
International
Environmental
Negotiations