SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Tanja Popovicki Department for International Co-operation Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Serbia
Jan 13, 2016
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Tanja Popovicki
Department for International Co-operation
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic
of Serbia
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Serbia and Montenegro
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENTATION
A. Short introduction of the Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
B. Current situation in Serbia regarding development of IPPC Directive and BREF
C. Situation in the Serbian Industry and Case Study for the Cement Industry in Serbia
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
The Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment
Republic of Serbia Established in April 2002 Currently 220 employees Located on 4 different sites on the territory of
Belgrade Focal point for aproximately 40 International
Agreements and Conventions and according to the Action Plan of Government of the Republic of Serbia has to ratify 26 International Conventions (UN/ECE, UNEP,EU etc)
Implementing around 30 international projects
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
The Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of
Serbia Following the reconstruction of FRY and forming
the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, new Law on Ministries (in April 2003) has been adopted
According to this Law, the Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment gained authorities for the environmental issues as well as competences for these issues have been transfered from the Federal to Republican level
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
The Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of
SerbiaOverall Responsibilities:
System of protection and sustainable use of natural resources (air, water, soil, mineral resources, forests, fish, wild flora and fauna)
Specific responsibilities regarding air:Transboundary pollution of air and waterOzone layer protectionMonitoring climate changesWorks of national data bank and data on air and
water quality
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Current situation regarding development of IPPC Directive in Serbia
Current Legislation and Responsibilities for environmental issues
Harmonization with EU Legislative and Introduction of IPPC into the Serbian Legislation
The main priorities and future activities regarding IPPC Directive in Serbia
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Current Legislation and Responsibilities for environmental issues
The Law on Environmental Protection adopted in 1991 with some subsidiary Laws from 92, 93, 94 and 95 is still in force
There is NO legal obligation for Competent Authority to ensure fulfilling requirements or measures for prevention or decreasing negative effects on the environment before start of operation of new Installation
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Current Legislation and Responsibilities for environmental issues
The Investor has an obligation to enclose Environmental Assessment and accordance with assessment of the impacts of certain objects and operation on the environment only together with application for issuing construction or urbanism permit
Currently, several Ministries as well as Regional and local Institutions have the responsibility for issuing this permit
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Harmonization with EU Legislative and Introduction of IPPC into the Serbian
Legislation
Through Project: ”Development of Environmental Legislation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia” implemented on the basis of the agreement between Government of the Republic of Finland and the Federal Government of the FRY (started before the reconstruction of FRY)
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Harmonization with EU Legislative and Introduction of IPPC into the Serbian
Legislation The realization of Project covers period from
2002 – 2005 and its main purpose is transposition into the legal system of the Serbia and Montenegro of the EU Directives related to the:
Environmental Impact Assessment - EIA Strategic Impact Assessment – SEA Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control –
IPPC Public Access to the information on Environment
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Harmonization with EU Legislative and Introduction of IPPC into the Serbian
Legislation
The Project has two phases:1. Finalization of the Project and its
approval by the Ministry for PNRE – by the end of 2003.
2. Preparation of guidelines for BAT (within the framework of IPPC Directive) for the certain industries in Serbia – BREF Reference Documents – by the end of 2005.
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
The main priorities and future activities regarding IPPC Directive in Serbia
Adoption of the new Law on System on Environment Protection by the Serbian Parliament which present the basis for the introduction of the IPPC activities in Serbia
The new Law will, inter alia, regulate issuing of the environmental permits for the operation of the both new and existing Installations
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
The main priorities and future activities regarding IPPC Directive in Serbia
Responsibility for issuing the environmental permits will have:
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Competent Authority on the Regional Level (Regional Secretariat for the Environment Protection and Sustainable Development)
Competent Authority on the local level (Environmental experts within the Local-self Governments)
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Case Study of the Cement Industry in Serbia
Current situation in Serbian Industry with special emphasis on Cement Industry
Specific characteristics of the Cement Industry
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Current situation in Serbian Industry with special emphasis on Cement Industry
Installations in Serbia to which IPPC apply to and those for which the conditions for issuing the environmental permit and BREF have to be defined are more then 30-40 years old and they have significant impact on the pollution of the environment – this is the reason why those installations can not achieve proposed installation capacities in accordance with IPPC requirements
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Current situation in Serbian Industry with special emphasis on Cement Industry
To overcome these limitations and to allow to the companies to harmonize its installation with the IPPC requirements, The Article 128 of the new Law on the System of Environmental Protection will extend the deadline for issuing the permit until the 31.12.2010. according to the Program of harmonization of the sustainable use of natural resources and environmental protection adopted by the Serbian Government.
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
What is the meaning of the implementation of IPPC in the privatization process in
Serbia?
Agency for privatization of the Republic of Serbia and Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Serbia signed the Agreement (on 19.12.2002.) on joint activities in the area of environmental protection, development, control and sustainable use of natural resources in the companies that are the subject of privatization process.
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Specific characteristics of the Serbian Cement Industry
There are 3 Cement Installations in the Republic of Serbia: Beocin,Novi Popovac and Kosjeric
All of above mentioned Cement Industries have been privatized but the precondition for the privatization was preparation of the Environmental Impact Assesment of the impacts of certain objects and operation on the environment
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Specific characteristics of the Serbian Cement Industry
The EIA in Serbia for the Cement Indusrty has been done according to the Rulebook on Assessment of the impacts of certain objects and operation on the environment (Official Gazzete,No. 61/92)
The practical tool for performance of EIA (emissions to the air) is the Rulebook on limited values of emissions, manners and deadlines for measuring and filing system issued in 1997 (Article 17, Official Gazzete, No.30/97)
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Limited Values of Emissions for the Cement Industry in Serbia (according to the Article 17 of the Rulebook on limited values of emissions, manners and deadlines for measuring and filing system, Official Gazzete, No. 30/97)
Substance The type of Installation LVE (mg/m3)
Nitrogen oxides expressed as NO2
Cement heater with grated preheater 1.500
Nitrogen oxides expressed as NO2
Cement heater with cyclone preheater and with recuperation
1.300
Nitrogen oxides expressed as NO2
Cement heater with cyclone preheater and without recuperation
1.800
Sulphur oxides expressed as SO2
All types of installation 400
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Emission Values in the Cement Industry in Serbia
LAFARGE BFC BEOCIN before Reconstruction (2000)
The measurements of emission values of dust are in range 1.1 – 58 times higher than proposed by the Rulebook on limited values of emissions, manners and deadlines for measuring and filing system (LVE is 150 mg/m3)
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Limited Values of Emissions for the Cement Industry (according to the IPPC BREF in the Cement and Lime Manufacturing Industries)
Emissions ranges from European cement kilns
SUBSTANCE mg/Nm3
NOx (as No2) < 200 – 3000
SO2 < 10 – 3500
Dust 5-200
CO 500-2000
CO2 400-520 g/Nm3
TOC 5-500
HF <0.4-5
HCI <1-25
PCDD/F <0.1-0.5 ng/Nm3
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
Limited Values of Emissions for the Cement Industry (according to the IPPC BREF in the Cement and Lime Manufacturing Industries)
Emissions ranges from European cement kilns (continuing)
Metals mg/Nm3
Hg, Cd, Tl 0.01-0.3 (mainly Hg)
As, Co, Ni, Se, Te 0.001-0.1
Sb, Pb, Cr, Cu, Mn, V, Sn, Zn 0.005-0.3
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
CONCLUSIONS:
Beside the fact that there are very detailed and strict regulations for the EIA, the emissions in Serbia are still very high and have negative impacts on the environment (due to the use of old technologies and equipment) but one should be aware that the only way for accessing the EU for Serbia is to regulate these issues!!!
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!
Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment Republic of Serbia