1. PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO
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, March 2013

2. Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change
Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on End of Life Vehicles
Igor Jovanovic
Independent Advisor
Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
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3. Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
CONTENT
Institutional framework
Transposition of the Directive
Legal framework
Current and planned situation – objective
Current situation
Planned situation - objectives
Concession act and tender documents
Subject of concession
Challenges
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4. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
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INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Supervision of implementation of the law is done by the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism (4 employees) , and inspection supervision is conducted by environmental inspectors (7 employees).
Inspection supervision of the existence of tags with the inscription manufacturers market perform inspections ( no employees).
Inspection supervision of the existence of labels indicating the producer and labels on mandatory separate collection of waste generated from products for which the extended producer responsibility is prescribed shall be performed by market inspectors (no employees).
The Environmental Protection Agency ( 3 employees) shall be responsible for keeping records on waste, keeping a register of collectors, dealers and intermediaries, issuing permits for the treatment and/or disposal of waste
In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency shall keep a register of data on waste generation and management on the basis of data from the annual reports on waste and issued permits, and keeping records on the manufacturers and importers of products resulting in special types of waste
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5. TRANSPOSITION OF THE DIRECTIVE
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TRANSPOSITION OF THE DIRECTIVE
The provisions of Directive 2000/53/EC were transposed into the following regulations in Montenegro:
The Waste Management Law ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", 64/11);
Decree on the method and procedure for establishing a system of acceptance collection and treatment of end-of-life vehicles and operation of that system ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", 28/12).
Approximately 75% of this Directive was transposed to the regulations currently in force
The section of Directive relating to the prevention of waste in Article 4, the certificate of treatment in Article 5, standards and labeling in Article 8 and other materials and components exempted from the provisions of Article 4, paragraph 2, item a in Annex II was not transposed.
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6. TRANSPOSITION OF THE DIRECTIVE
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TRANSPOSITION OF THE DIRECTIVE
Transposition of the provisions of Article 4, Article 8 and Annex II will be achieved by drafting the Degree on limit values ​​of hazardous substances in packaging, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and accumulators and vehicles (the deadline has not been identified yet).
Transposition of the provisions of Article 5 will be achieved by preparing a template of certificate on the treatment of end-of-life vehicles (the deadline has not yet been defined)
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Manufacturers of motor vehicles that place vehicles on the market, at the request of the Waste Operator of end-of-life vehicles, shall provide:
Information on the dismantling of motor vehicles for all types of motor vehicles placed on the market, and
Information on the dismantling, storage and testing of component parts of motor vehicles which can be reused.
This information shall be provided by vehicle manufacturers for new types of motor vehicles not later than within six months from the day of placing the new type of vehicle on the market.
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8. Chapter 27: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Motor vehicle manufacturer shall provide in promotional brochures, which are used in sales and advertising, information on:  
options for reusing and recycling motor vehicles and their component parts, treatment of end-of-life vehicles and how to extract fluids and dismantle motor vehicles;
improving and developing ways of re-utilization,
treatment of end-of-life vehicles and their component parts,
progress regarding the processing and recycling in order to reduce the amount of waste that must be removed; increasing the portion of waste that is recycled or processed in some other way.
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CURRENT SITUATION
The annual volume of end-of-life vehicles is estimated at about 30% of the vehicles which are registered for the first time in Montenegro annually, which means about 6,000 tonnes of end-of-life vehicles, where annually between 12,000 and 18,000 vehicles are registered, and assuming that an average mass of each vehicle is around 1.3 t.
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10. PLANNED SITUATION - GOALS
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PLANNED SITUATION - GOALS
Economic operators, in accordance with the National Waste Management Plan, shall ensure until 1 January 2020 that the annual weight of reused or remanufactured component parts of end-of-life vehicles is not less than 85% of the weight of collected end-of-life vehicles,
The mass of recycled component parts of end-of-life vehicle should be at a level of at least 80% of the mass of all collected end-of-life vehicles.
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11. EXTENDED RESPONSIBILITY
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EXTENDED RESPONSIBILITY
Extended producer responsibility is elaborated in detail by the Decree on detailed criteria, amount and manner of payment of a special waste management fee.
Under this Decree both manufacturers and importers shall report the activity to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency shall register the activity with the Tax Authority within three days of filing this application.
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12. CONCCESIONARY ACT AND TENDER DOCUMENTS
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CONCCESIONARY ACT AND TENDER DOCUMENTS
In accordance with the Law on Concessions ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", 08/09) and the Law on Waste Management ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", 73/08), the Concessionary Act which was adopted by the Government of Montenegro for performing the activities of acceptance, collection and treatment of special wastes.
Tender documents are currently under preparation for the selection of processors of waste batteries and accumulators, waste tires, end-of-life vehicles, waste from electronic and electrical products and waste packaging.
The concession is given to carry out the tasks of acceptance, collection and recovery of special wastes throughout Montenegro.
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13. SUBJECT OF THE CONCESSION
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SUBJECT OF THE CONCESSION
Planned annual number of end-of-life vehicles that should be taken over at the points of reception form waste producers are listed in the table below.
Local Government
Jurisdiction
Number of
Inhabitants
Planned annual number of end-of-life vehicles
(t)
The lowest number
Of points of reception
The lowest number of treatment plants for end-of-life vehicles
Bar (Bar, Ulcinj)
60 300
486 2
Berane (Berane, Andrijevica, Plav, Rožaje)
77 300
623 4
Bijelo Polje (Bijelo Polje, Mojkovac, Kolašin)
70 300
567
Herceg Novi
33 000
266 1
Kotor (Kotor, Budva, Tivat)
52 500
423 3
Nikšić (Nikšić, Plužine, Šavnik)
82 500
665
Pljevlja (Pljevlja, Žabljak)
40 000
323
Podgorica (Podgorica, Cetinje, Danilovgrad)
1 646
UKUPNO:
5 000 23
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CHALLENGES
In relation to the implementation of this Directive, the challenge are:
How to provide for the transfer from the existing management of end-of-life vehicles to an organized and efficient system of managing this waste.
The issue to be agreed upon with the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs and Ministry of Interior with respect to establishing a mechanism for deregistration of vehicles, a different way of determining liability and insurance collection.
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15. Thank you for your attention
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