Montenegro Chapter 27: Environment, Water Policy, and EU Accession Process
Explore Montenegro's progress in Chapter 27 negotiations for EU accession, focusing on environmental policies, water resources, and transposition of EU directives. Learn about Montenegro's legislative harmonization with the Water Framework Directive and efforts towards sustainable water management.
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M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 27 Environment Bilateral screening: Chapter 27 PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO Brussels, 18-22 March 2013
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Directive of European Parliament and of the Council 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for community action in the field of water policy Zorica Djuranovic Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development zorica.djuranovic@mpr.gov.me M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Water resources With an average discharge rate of 40 l/s/km2, volume expressed about 19.5 km3 per year, Montenegro is a part of 4% of the world's territory with the highest average runoff Bearing in mind the fact that 95.3% of waterways is formed in Montenegro, as also the source of the river basin in the territory of the state, it is reasonable to say that water is our greatest natural resource M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Transposition Existing legal acts, in which are directly transposed the appropriate articles of the Water Framework Directive - 2000/60/EC In Law on Water (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 27/07 and Official Gazette of Montenegro, 32/11 and 47/11) - following articles of the Directive: 2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.2, 11.8, 13.2, 13.3, 13.5, 13.7, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 23 Law on Financing Water Management (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 65/08) Articles of the Directive: 9.1, 9.3 Regulation on the classification and categorization of surface and ground water (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 2/07) Article of the Directive: Annex V point 1, 2 Regulation on the content and keeping water information system (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 33/08)- Article of the directive: 8, Annex I (ii) Montenegro legislative is about 64%harmonized with WFD (according to the Progress Monitoring 2012) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Transposition The decision on the amount and method of calculating water charges and the criteria and method of determining the degree of water pollution ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", no.29/09) Article of the Directive: 9.1 Regulation on the content and method of preparing a water management plan to the water area of the river basin or part thereof ( Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 39/09) Articles of the directive: 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 13.4, Rulebook establishing and maintaining zones and zones of sanitary protection of water sources and limits of these zones ( Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 66/09)- Article of the Directive: 7.3 PROGRAM (annual) systematic examination of the quantity and quality of surface and groundwater- Articles of the Directive: 8.1, 8.2 GENERAL PLAN protection from the harmful effects of water, the water of importance for Montenegro, for the period since 2010 to 2016 (the Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 67/10)- Articles of the Directive: 13 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Transposition For the full transposition of the WFD into national legislation , the following is necessary to be done: Amendments to the Law on Water - 2015 The adoption of the new by - laws on the definition of the status of water 2016 Amendments to the Regulation on the classification and categorization of surface and ground waters 2016 Changes to the rules on quality and sanitary and technical requirements for the discharge of wastewater into public sewers and recipient, the method and procedure of testing the quality of discharged waters, the minimum number of tests and incorporates the established quality of wastewater - 2018 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Transposition Adoption of a River Basin Management plan to the water area of the river basin or part of it (the Black Sea and the Adriatic Basin) - 2020 Establishment of a program of measures for each river basin district, to achieve the goals of environmental protection - 2020 Amendments to the Programme of systematic examination of surface and ground waters - 2018 Establishment of a water information system, as well as conducting inventories of water - 2018 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Plan for the harmonization of national legislation with the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC Existing legal acts Method of harmonization Deadline for harmonization Funds for implementation (experts estimation from the countrise from the region) Law on Waters Amendments on the Law on Waters 2015 3000,00 The adoption of the new by-law on the definition of the status of water 2016 2000,00 Regulation on the classification and categorization of surface and groundwater Amendments to the Regulation on the classification and categorization of surface and groundwater 2016 2 000, 00 Regulation on quality and sanitary and technical requirements for wastewater discharge into the recipient and the public sewerage system, and the method on wastewater quality testing Amendments to the Regulation on quality and sanitary and technical requirements for wastewater discharge into the recipient and the public sewerage system, and the method on wastewater quality testing 2018 1 000,00 Programme of systematic examination of surface and ground waters Amendments to Programme of systematic examination of surface and ground waters 2018 10 000, 00 Regulation on establishing information system on waters Establishing on information system on waters 2018 1 000 000, 00 Regulation of a River Basin Management Plan to the water area of the river basin or part of it River Basin Management plan to the water area of the river basin or part of it 2020 2 000 000, 00 10000,00 2020 + 6 months The program of measures for each river basin district M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Institutional framework Water management in Montenegro is regulated by the Law on Waters ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", 27/07), under which the separation of functions on the state level in this area is defined, as follows: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development performs administrative tasks related to development policy in water management, system solutions for the provision and use of water, water land and water sources for water supply, water protection from pollution, water and water courses, and protection from the harmful effects of water Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, is responsible for integrated coastal zone management, integrated protection from pollution, waste water management, coordination of regional water supply systems M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Institutional framework Water Directorate, a body under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has jurisdiction in enforcement of laws, preparing professional basis for legislation, plans and programs adopted by the Government and the Ministry in charge of water Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology, systematically examine the quality and quantity of water in the profiles of surface and groundwater and protected areas, establishing annual program of systematic testing of water quality Agency for Environmental Protection has the task of collecting and updating datas on the quality of all segments of the environment, including water and to report to the national and European institutions on this issue Inspection Directorate, through the inspection on water M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Institutional framework Water management and water land, which are of importance to the State, are in the jurisdiction of the State, while those of local interest are in the jurisdiction of the local authority The tasks performed by the public water supply company, or a company that is registered to perform these tasks (ViKs) Institute of Public Health of Montenegro performs physical-chemical analysis of water and microbiological testing of drinking water A systematic examination of the quality and quantity of surface and groundwater and protected areas is in the competence of the state authority responsible for hydro meteorological business LLD Center for Ecotoxicological Research of Montenegro is in charge for: - physical-chemical testing of drinking water, water and wastewater - examination of the radioactivity in water samples - sampling of surface water and drinking water M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Administrative capacities Institution Number of employees working on the harmonization of national legislation with EU legislation 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 2 Ministry of Sustainable Development and Torusim Directorate for waters 3 Institute for public healt 2 Inspection for waters 2 Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology 2 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change IMPLEMENTATION Based on geological and hydro geological characteristics of the area in the territory of Montenegro , two basic units for water management are defined , as follows: Black Sea Basin Adriatic Sea Basin M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment IMPLEMENTATION Agreement between the Government of Montenegro and the Republic of Croatia on mutual relations in the field of water management, prepared and signed on 4th September 2007, in Zagreb, Croatia Agreement between the Government of Montenegro and the Republic of Albania on the water issued , concluded on 31st October 2011 in Podgorica Declaration on the management of the extended Drina River Basin, 18th April 2011 Memorandum of Understanding on cross-border , expanded Drim management , between Montenegro, Greece, Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo (24th November 2011) Pursuant to the Agreement, the Commission has been established, with the aim of jointly understanding and resolving all problems related to the international river basins river basin management of M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change IMPLEMENTATION Montenegro has recently joined the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), and the activities for the sake of including into the work of expert groups within the Comission are ongoing. The Parliament of Montenegro ratified the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean convention - the Barcelona and four related protocols in October 2007 Convention on the Law of non - sea routes usage of international watercourse is in the phase of proposal, and its ratification is expected to be soon Montenegro has not yet acceded to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes - Water Convention, but actively participates in its activities as an observer. Acession is expected during 2013 Arranging relations with Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina The activities to join the International Commission for the Sava River Basin (ISRBC) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Terms of reference were developed for River Basin Management plans for each catchment areas: Terms of Reference for the River Basin Management Plan in the water catchment area of the Black Sea Terms of Reference for the River Basin Management Plan in the water catchment area of the Adriatic sea M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change IMPLEMENTATION Establishing monitoring programs for water quality For the usage and protection of surface and groundwater, qualitative and quantitative parameters of water must be monitored Parameters monitored by the institution in charge for hydro meteorological business, or the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology Monitoring of parameters is performed according to the annual program adopted by the Government, at the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Water monitoring program has been established and the Regulation on the classification and categorization of surface and groundwater. These acts are not in full compliance with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive Amendments to the Law on Water (2015) will bring changes to these regulations (Regulation and Program-2016-2018) and the adoption of new regulations on the definition of surface water and groundwater (2016) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change IMPLEMENTATION The economic price of water The establishment of the economic cost of water is foreseen by the Law on Water Management Financy, as well as by the secondary legislation arising from this Law - the Decision on the amount and method of calculating water charges and the criteria and methods of determining the level of water pollution. Adoption of the Programme of measures for each river basin district (2) is predicted for six months after the adoption of river basin management plan (Article 24 and Article paragraph.8. 32) and 2020 +6 months. Terms of reference were developed for River Basin Management plans for each catchment areas: Terms of Reference for the River Basin Management Plan in the water catchment area of the Black Sea Terms of Reference for the River Basin Management Plan in the water catchment area of the Adriatic sea M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHAMGE
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change IMPLEMENTATION The establishment of an efficient implementation system The Law on Water defines the penalties for non-compliance of national legislation (Articles: 164-167). Inspection supervision, within their competence, in the field of water management and water resources, is performed by the Directorate inspectors in charge for the water issues , in accordance with the Law. The deadline for the full implementation is 2030 Inspection M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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