Bilateral screening: Chapter 27 PRESENTATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA. Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC

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1 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Negotiating Group for the Chapter 27, Environment and Climate Change Bilateral screening: Chapter 27 PRESENTATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC Water Directorate Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Brussels, November

2 Content: I Water Framework Directive - transposition II Institutional framework and capacities III Water Framework Directive implementation IV Conclusion 2

3 River Station Discharge (m 3 /s) Q av Q min 95% Q max 1% Danube Bezdan Pančevo Tisa Senta Sava Sr. Mitr Morava Lj. Most Drina Radalj SURFACE WATER Transit rivers: 162 billion m 3 per year. National rivers: 16 billion m 3 per year 3

4 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Legal framework 1. The Law on Waters entered into force on 15 May Implementing legislation within 2 years of the effective date of the Water Law: 40 of 70 pieces of implementing legislation required by the Law have been enacted to date. 3. Water Management Strategy Water Management Plan for the Danube River Basin 2015 Water management plans for water districts (ongoing activities). 5. Annual Water Management Program. 6. Water Management Master Plan of the Republic of Serbia. 7. Conventions, agreements, protocols international cooperation. 4

5 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Legal framework Other relevant legislation: - Environmental Protection Act (OG 135/04, 36/09), - Nature Protection Act (OG 36/09, 88/10), - Public Utilities Act (OG 119/12, 116/13, 44/14 ), etc. 5

6 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Legal framework Law on Waters: Law regulates the legal status of waters, integrated water management, the management of water constructions and water land, the method and sources of funding of water sector activities, oversight of the implementation of this Law, and other matters of importance to water management. 6

7 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Legal framework Law on Waters. Partial harmonization with the EU WFD Harmonization with other water-related legislation of the Republic of Serbia Improved standardization of certain areas of water management (resolves doubts regarding application and interpretation) 7

8 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Legal framework Law on Waters and Secondary legislation Art. 2: Definitions - almost fully transposed Art. 3: Coordination of administrative arrangements within river basin districts - partially transposed Art. 5: Characteristics of the river basin district, review of the environmental impact of human activity and economic analysis of water use - partially transposed Art. 6: Register of protected areas - partially transposed Art. 7: Waters used for the abstraction of drinking water - almost fully transposed 8

9 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Legal framework Water Law and Secondary legislation Art. 8: Monitoring of surface water status, groundwater status and protected areas - partially transposed Art. 11: Programme of measures - partially transposed Art. 13: River basin management plans - partially transposed Art. 14: Public information and consultation - partially transposed 9

10 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Legal framework Water Law and Secondary legislation Annex V: Surface water and groundwater status-partially transposed by Rulebook on parameters of Ecological and Chemical Status of Surface waters, and Quantitative and Chemical Status of Ground waters Annex IX: Emission limit values and environmental quality standards - transposed by: Regulation on limit values for priority and priority hazardous substances which pollute surface water and deadlines for their achievement, Regulation on emission limit values in waters and deadlines for their achievement and Regulation on limit values of pollutants in surface waters, ground waters and sediment and timelines for reaching of the values Annex X: List of priority substances in the field of water policies - transposed by Regulation on limit values for priority and priority hazardous substances which pollute surface water and deadlines for their achievement Remaining Directive's provisions are assessed as not transposed into national legislation. 10

11 I Water Framework Directive - transposition Full transposition is planned for 2018 The transposition plan is under consideration (recently prepared under the PLAC project) Ongoing activities preparation of the first set of the amendments to the Law on Waters to provide legal basis for secondary legislation Lack of capacities 11

12 II Institutional framework and capacities water responsibilities According to the Law on Ministries MAEP Water Directorate is responsible for Integrated water management in Serbia - Water management policy - Multipurpose water usage - Water regime - Protection from water - Water protection measures - International cooperation in water management - Other activities according the Law on Waters 13

13 II Institutional framework and capacities water responsibilities Public water management companies - PWMC SRBIJAVODE - PWMC VODE VOJVODINE - PWMC BEOGRADVODE 14

14 II Institutional framework and capacities water responsibilities Other responsible institutions - Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental protection Sector for Environmental Protection - SEPA responsible for the monitoring - Republic Hydro-meteorological Service of Serbia responsible for the monitoring - Water and Environmental inspection responsible for enforcement - Ministry of Health - Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastruction - Ministry of Mining and Energy - Ministry of Finance - etc 15

15 II Institutional framework and capacities water responsibilities Regional Autonomic Province, Capital City - water enactment and inspection Local - municipalities - Regional and local water supply (public utility water companies) - Wastewater collection and treatment (public utility water companies) 16

16 II Institutional framework and capacities water responsibilities administrative capatities Competent authority Administrative capacities Note Ministry for Agriculture and Env.Protection-Water Directorate Ministry for Agriculture and Env.Protection-Sector for Env.Protection Water Inspectorate-State Water Inspectorate-Province Water Inspectorate-City of Belgrade Environmental inspectorate-state Env.l inspectorate-province Env.l inspectorate-city of Belgrade 8 With shared responsibilities 3 With shared responsibilities With shared responsibilities With shared responsibilities With shared responsibilities With shared responsibilities With shared responsibilities With shared responsibilities SEPA 37 With shared responsibilities Provincial Secretariat for Urbanism, Construction and Environmental Protection 3 With shared responsibilities PWMC Srbijavode 11 With shared responsibilities PWMC Vode Vojvodine 6 With shared responsibilities PWMC Beogradvode 3 With shared responsibilities 17

17 II Institutional framework and capacities - financing Water management Original revenues up to 2012: water contributions, water use charge, water protection charge, sand and gravel excavation charge, water regulation charge, amelioration drainage charge, irrigation charge) Government budget subsidies (up to 2012 and now) Budgets of regional/local self-governments Other Municipal water services Water service price Utilities charge Other 18

18 III Water Framework Directive - implementation Implementation of WFD started on the regional level International Danube RBD - ICPDR administrative framework for basin-wide cooperation under the Danube River Protection Convention милијарде m 3 Active participation in the preparation of the Danube River Basin Districts Management Plan (2009) and Update

19 III Water Framework Directive - implementation International Sava River sub-d Sava Commission - administrative framework for basin-wide cooperation under the Framework agreement on the Sava River (SRBMP adoption planned for 2 nd December 2014) милијарде m 3 20

20 III Water Framework Directive - implementation The Water management plan for the Danube River Basin (Serbia)- ongoing activity, planed adoption 2015 Expert part prepared by Jaroslav Černi Institute, with experts from other institutes and organizations (Biological Institute Siniša Stanković, etc.) Characterisation report prepared and made availiable for the public consultation in Water management plans for water districts preparation started 21

21 III Water Framework Directive implementation Water management plan for the Danube River Basin Surface water bodies 500 km 2 Groundwater bodies 153 Natural WBs HMWB AWB 14 (6%) 84 (38%) 124 (56%) 22

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25 III Water Framework Directive - implementation Obligation of the WFD implementation will be set by the new water legislation and The water management strategy for the territory of the Republic of Serbia WFD Implementation Strategy will be prepared within DSIP Knowledge and capacities improved through: o participation in the framework of the ICPDR (WFD roof reports and DRBMP), o Sava Commission (SRBMP adoption planned for 2 nd December 2014) o Kolubara River Basin management plan (project Pilot River Basin Management Plan for Kolubara River Basin ) o ECRAN ongoing activity 26

26 Priorities: III Water Framework Directive - implementation Adopt the Water Management Strategy DSIP for the WFD Finalize and adopt The water management plan for the Danube River Basin Finalize and adopt Water management plans for water districts Harmonization of monitoring 27

27 III Water Framework Directive implementation costs and capacities of implementation Legal administrative harmonization administrative structure should be strengthen in accordance with the WFD Development of RMBP`s - additional costs are expected for the preparation of RBMP`s for water districts, costs for improvement of cooperation with other sectors (users, polluters) and scientific institutions will be needed Harmonization of monitoring - Costs will be significant. Full harmonization will take a time for establishment of appropriate network and necessary laboratory capacities (assessed to 5 6 years) Additional costs cannot be assessed at this point 28

28 III Water Framework Directive - implementation Structures for implementation of the WFD and the administrative capacity exist, but should be significantly strengthened both at the national and local levels Directive Specific Implementation Plan for WFD (2016) will define precise deadlines for full implementation, planned to be prepared in period by IPA 2013 support Full implementation is a long-term obligation. It will include part of implementation of all other water related directives. 29

29 IV Water Framework Directive Conclusion Full transposition by amendments of the Water Law and secondary legislation by the end of 2018 (NPAA) Administrative structures for implementation of the WFD exist, but should be significantly strengthened both at the national and local levels Implementation of Directive - in initial phase Full implementation is a long-term obligation. It will include part of implementation of all other water related directives. Deadlines for full implementation will be defined and cost assesment in line with DSIP for Water Framework Directive 30

30 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Negotiating Group for the Chapter 27 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION