Republic of Moldova Ministry of Environment Implementation of recommendations Assessment of Assessments in the Republic of Moldova Veronica Lopotenco 7 November 2014

Presentation structure Recommendations of AoA (Chapter 6) Political solutions (policy documents) Practical solutions (projects, activities)

Review of the responsibilities of governmental institutions in order to eliminate overlapping functions between them Environmental Strategy Institutional reform Environmental Agency Institutionalized Institutional analyze has been done (EU High Level Policy Advice Mission) Capacity building and knowledge sharing in establishing the Environment Protection Agency (InSEIS Project) R1

Approximation of national legal framework to EU acquis Policy documents:  Environmental Strategy & Action Plan  Nation Action Plan for implementation of Association Agreement ( )  Ministerial Action Plan for the Approximation of national environmental legislation in line with the requirements of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement R2

Approximation of national legal framework to EU Acquis (Practical aspects) Approximation of national legal framework to EU Acquis (Practical aspects) Advanced areas:  environmental governance;  water management and water protection legislation No legislation in place: air quality, IPPC, waste streams, mining waste Draft legislation exists but has many gaps or is not properly aligned with EU law: chemicals, waste management Existing legislation needs substantial improvement to approximate it to the Acquis and make it applicable in accordance with Rule of law Standards: nature protection, industrial hazards R2

Overview of current situation R2 NoEU DirectiveImplementation schedule (AA)Approximation schedule (Mi­nistry action plan) Legislation in place (yes/no/partly) I - Environmental governance legislation 1Environmental Im­pact Assessment (EIA) (Directive 2011/92/EU) up to 3 years (law making: 2 years) Quarter III of 2014 Yes, new EIA law, which will enter into force in Strategic Environ­men­tal Assessment (SEA) (Directive 2001/42/EC) up to 3 years (law making: 2 years) Quarter II of 2015 No, but new SEA draft law exists 3Public access to information (Directive 2003/4/EC) up to 3 years (law making: 2 years) Quarter IV of 2015 No law on access to envi­ ronmental information but far going law on access to infor­ mation (Law 982 of 2000) Public participation in SEA and public partici­ pa­tion and access to ju­ stice as regards EIA and integrated permitting (Directive 2003/35/EC) up to 3 years (law making: 2 years, but see also below, No. 25: time schedule for integrated permit: 6 years) Quarter IV of 2016 (as for IED even Quarter IV of 2015!)  SEA: yes, in new draft SEA law, see above on No.2  EIA: yes, in new EIA law, see above on No. 1  integrated permitting: no

II - Air quality legislation 5Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (Directive 2008/50/EC) up to 9 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2017No, only old law of 1997 which is not aligned to requirements 6Arsenic, cadmium, mer­cury, nickel & policy­clic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air (Directive 2004/107/EC) up to 9 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2016No, only old law of 1997 which does not address these pollutants and is not aligned to requirements 7Reduction of sulphur content of certain liquid fuels (Directive 1999/32/EC as amended) By the end of 2014Quarter IV of 2014No 8Control of VOC emis­si­ons resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from termi­nals to service stations (Directive 94/63/EC) Up to 5 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2017No

9Limitation of emissions of VOC due to the use of organic solvents in certain paints and varnishes and vehicle refinishing products (Directive 2004/42/EC) 10 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2016No 10National emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants (Directive 2001/81/EC) up to 10 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2016No

III - Water management and protection legislation Water policy framework (Directive 2000/60/EC as amended) up to 6 years (law making: 3 years) Quarter IV of 2015 (enforcement mechanism) Yes, Water Code Assessment and mana­ gement of flood risks (Directive 2007/60/EC) up to 8 years (law making: 3 years) No needYes, Water Code, GD 887 Urban waste water treatment (Directive 91/271/EEC as amended) up to 8 years (law making: 3 years) No needYes, Water Code, GD 950 Drinking water quality (Directive 98/93/EC as amended) up to 6 years (law making: 3 years) Quarter IV of 2016Largely, Water Code. Law on Drinking Water, GD 934 Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (Directive 91/676/EC as amended) up to 5 years (law making: 3 years) No needYes, Water Code, GD 836

IV - Waste management legislation Waste Framework (Directive 2008/98/EC) up to 5 years (law making: 2 years) Quarter III of 2015Final draft approved by government but not yet through parliament Landfilling of waste (Directive 1999/31/EC as amended) up to 7 years (law making: 3 years) Quarter III of 2016No (draft only) Management of waste from extractive industries (Directive 2006/21/EC) up to 6 years (law making: 2 years) Quarter III of 2015No, existing Subsoil Act does not address mining waste at all Packaging and packaging waste (Directive 94/62/EC) 2015noneNo Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE Directive 2002/ 96/EC) and Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electro­nic equip­ment (RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU) 2014 / 2016noneNo

21Batteries and accumu­la­ tors and waste batteries and accumulators (Directive 2006/66/EC) 2014noneNo 22Disposal of PCBs and PCTs (Directive 96/59/EC) No need (trans­ posed in 2009) noneYes, GD 81 of 2009

V - Nature protection legislation 23Conservation of wild birds (Directive 2009/147/EC) up to 5 years (law making: 2 years) Quarter II of 2016Partly, 4-5 laws address few matters related to birds protection 24Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (Directive 92/43/EC) up to 6 years (law making: 3 years) Quarter IV of 2016Partly, 4-5 laws address few matters related to habitats, fauna, flora protection VI - Industrial pollution and industrial hazards legislation 25Industrial emissions, integrated pollution prevention and control (Directive 2010/75/EC) up to 10 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2015no 26Control of major acci­dent hazards involving dangerous substances (Seveso II Directive 96/82/EC as amended) up to 7 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2016yes

VII - Chemicals legislation 27Export and import of dangerous chemicals (Regulation (EC) No 689/2008) up to 3 years (law making 3 years) Quarter II of 2016No, draft Regulation only (since 2011) 28Classification, labelling and packaging of sub­stances and mixtures (Regulation No 1272/2008) up to 7 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2016No, draft Regulation only (since 2013) 29Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) up to 5 years (law making: 4 years) Quarter IV of 2016No, draft Law on Chemicals only (since 2013) 30Persistent organic pollutants (Regulation (EC) No 850/2004) 2014noneNo 31Good laboratory prac­tice (GLP) on chemical substances (Directive 2004/10/EC) and Inspection and verification of GLP (Directive 2004/9/EC) none No

VIII - Climate action legislation 32Establishment of scheme for GHG emission allowance trading within the Community (Directive No 2003/87/EC) up to 8 yearsQuarter IV of 2016 (Legislative framework assessed) No 33Certain fluorinated green­ house gases (Re­gu­lation (EC) No 842/2006) up to 4 yearsQuarter IV of 2016 (Legislative framework assessed) No 34Substances that deplete the ozone layer (Regu­la­tion (EC) No 1005/2009) up to 5 yearsQuarter IV of 2016 (Legislative framework assessed) Yes 35Quality of petrol and diesel fuels (Directive No 98/70/EC) up to 5 yearsQuarter IV of 2016 (Legislative framework assessed) No (non-binding standards exist only)

Integrated environmental autorization/permits Environmental Strategy & Action Plan Nation Action Plan for implementation of Association Agreement ( ) Ministerial Action Plan for the Approximation of national environmental legislation in line with the requirements of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement According to this documents approximation of Directive 2010/75/EC Industrial emissions, integrated pollution prevention and control is planned for Quarter IV of R3

Within UNDP project «Improving the availability and reliability of regional statistics" National Bureau of Statistics in partnership with the Romanian Statistical Office implemented the following: 1. The first edition of the statistical compilation “Moldova Region," which includes a section "Environment" with information on air, water and waste indicators in the regional context; 2. Data on air, water and waste indicators has been placed in the data bank, located on the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics in the format of PC-Axis. R4 Development and improve methodologies for setting-up statistical and environmental indicators and procedures for relevant data collection, sharing, processing and storing

National Bureau of Statistics of RM and the Statistical Office of Sweden are carrying out the following activities:  Development of the methodology and calculation of costs for environmental protection,  Improvement of data collection and definition of indicators of water use through a centralized water supply system;  develop of methodological approaches for assessment of the amount of water use and the generation of municipal waste in rural areas where there is no centralized water supply systems and centralized collection and disposal of household waste.

Republic of Moldova is developing: - Informational System on waste management - Registers as a tool for reporting on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Water GIS

Establish electronic databases based on common platform principle On 20 February Government of Republic of Moldova established the Common Governmental Platform M-Cloud (Governmental Decision #128). Ministries must use only the common platform and all the Informational Systems must be hosted on it. Ministry of Environment hosts on this Common Platform IS “Water Use Authorization” and IS “River basin management”. R5

Producing SoER in accordance with UNECE Guidelines InSEIS project for Moldova with 3 components: 1. Development of technical specifications for the national electronic information system on environment 2. Support for the preparation of annual reports on the state-of-the-environment 3. Capacity building and knowledge sharing in establishing the Environment Protection Agency R 6

Support for the preparation of annual reports on the state-of-the-environment November Feasibility study visit for the InSEIS project in the Republic of Moldova. Aspects for discussion: - Introduction and discussions with national experts involved in the production of SoER, - Follow-up of the UNECE WGEMA meeting, 6-7 November in Geneva and work in the JTF on environmental indicators, - Hands-on training on preparing national State of Environment report in one of the thematic areas: Air & Water.

Thank You! Veronica Lopotenco