Transcript Current state on Harmonisatin and Implementation

Current state on Harmonisation and
Implementation/Enforcement of
Environmental Legislation - Industrial
Pollution Control in SLOVENIA
Barbara Bernard
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
Slovenia
Introduction
• Several Slovenian laws like Environmental Protection Act, Act on
Protection Against Natural and Other Accidents, Urban Planning Act,
etc. provide the legal basis for controlling pollution and issues the
various permits.
• Legislation in Slovenia regarding emissions is mostly harmonised with
the European legislation
• Emissions are covered under regulations for effluents, air emissions,
waste, noise, radiation and regulations for individual industry activities
• We still need to include the mechanism for following developments in
the BAT (best available techniques), setting permit conditions
accordingly, as well as the system for reviewing permit conditions.
• Slovenia intends to modify the existing acts and to issue specific
governmental orders in order to fully transpose the directive.
Slovenian companies under the
Directive 96/61/EC on integrated
pollution prevention and control
• About 120 existing plants fall under the scope of the Directive on
integrated pollution prevention and control, 640 (560 craft workshops)
under VOC and 50 under SEVESO
• Mostly the biggest industry already works in accordance with EU
standards and will have no problems in the future harmonisation
(pharmacist industry, Gorenje -domestic appliances, Revoz - car
industry…)
• Some other industry are delayed with the implementation of existing
legislation (implementation of sanitation programme, issue of permits,
deficiency of inspectors)
Other Directives and Regulations in
the scope of IPPC
• Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile
organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain
activities and installations
– will be fully enforced by 31 December 2002 for new installations
and by 31 October 2007 for existing ones
• Air pollution from industrial plants
– The limit values for some sectors are based on Best Available
Technology (BAT)
– For those which are not covered in BAT Slovenia intends to issue
new specific decrees, before the end of 2002
– It will also strengthen the monitoring in particular by adding rules
on continuous measurement.
– Slovenia does not expect implementation difficulties for 16 large
combustion plants for a decree on the emission of substances into
the atmosphere from heating plants
• The Directive on the prevention and reduction of environmental
pollution by asbestos
– Slovenia has not yet decided how to ensure full transposition it
intends to do so before the end of 2002, probably by ministerial
regulation on handling asbestos when demolishing buildings.
– Slovenia had not yet decided on how to deal with these issues
• Titanium dioxide industry
– A specific pollution reduction programme is in place and should
ensure compliance with the Community directives by end 2002
• Directive on the control of major accident hazards
– Slovenian legislation is only partly aligned with this directive
– Slovenia is waiting for the results of some studies and, on the basis
of them, a transitional period may be requested
• Regulation on eco-management and audit scheme EMAS
– Slovenia does not expect difficulties in implementing the
regulation
– Some Slovenian companies are certified under ISO norm 14001,
which is similar but less comprehensive than EMAS
– In order to establish an accreditation system of environmental
verifiers and a competent body Slovenia intends to modify the
Environmental Protection Act and to issue a specific decree in due
time prior to accession.
• Regulation on a community eco-label award scheme
– Slovenia does not foresee any problems in implementing the
regulation and declared itself ready to participate by the time of
accession. The legal basis is already included in Article 43 of the
Environment Protection Act.
CONCLUSIONS
• The IPPC Directive as a basic directive of EU in the field of
industrial pollution prevention and control demands relatively
high investments and is thus also an opportunity to improve
competitiveness via eco-technological optimisation.
• The IPPC Directive is of crucial importance for Slovenian
industry. About 110 enterprises will have to obtain an integrated
environmental permit, about 550 millions euros are needed in
order to adapt the existing plants to BAT, i.e. for the technological
changes, for reducing the emissions to air and water, waste
management, and for reducing noise emissions.
• The Directive will also simplify administrative requirements of the
state, because the IPPC permit will replace a series of current
permits.