1 Permitting of industrial facilities in Croatia

2 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)

3 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! IPPC Directive

4 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) IPPC Directive

5 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) IPPC Directive

6 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) IPPC Directive

7 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) IPPC Directive

8 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) IPPC Directive

9 PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF No. OF IPPC INSTALLATIONS ACCORDING TO ANNEX I CATEGORIES No. Energy industries: 1.1; Production and processing of metals: 2.2; 2.3 (b); 2.4; 2.5 (b); Mineral industry: 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; Chemical industry: 4.1 (a) (f); 4.2 (a) (b); 4.3; 4.4; Waste management: Other activities: 6.1 (a) (b); 6.2; 6.3; 6.4 (b) (c); 6.5; 6.6 (a) (b); 6.7; TOTAL150

10 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 / /. IPPC Directive

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14 INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY 1.MEPPPC has been envisaged as CA. 2.MEPPPC - Inspection Directorate has been envisaged to be in-charge for compliance monitoring. 3.Co-ordination procedure will be established with other relevant governmental authorities – MAFWM and MHSW. 4.CEA has been envisaged as the authority to be responsible for the exchange of information. IPPC Directive

15 INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY 5.Direct application of Annex I Directive – strengthening capacity among affected industries. IPPC Directive

16 COMPLIANCE COST 1.The implementation of the IPPC Directive will represent the most significant change to current practice in the field of environment to the industry. 2.Cost assessment will be conducted on “plant-by- plant basis” 3.Resources (extra-budgetary) of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund will be used. 4.Public-private partnerships will be emphasized. IPPC Directive

17 RELATED ACTIVITIES 2006/07 1.Pilot project “Priority activities for IPPC ” – started with Croatian Cleaner Production Centre - continuing 2.TAIEX project for industry – Croatian Chamber of Economy 3.Water and wastewater training for industry - REC 4.CARDS 2004 – Further Support to the Approximation of Croatian Legislation with the EU Environmental Acquis (2007) IPPC Directive