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. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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Directive 2006/118/EC of European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration
Zorica Djuranovic
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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3. Chapter 27: Environment
TRANSPOSITION
Annex I and part a,b of Annex II of this Directive have been fully transposed by the Decree on classification of underground and surfaces waters (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 02/07);
The main legal instruments planned to achieve complete transposition are the amendments to the Law on Water defining the Act of protection groundwater against pollution and deterioration, planned for 2017.
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4. TRANSPOSITION Article 3.2, 3.6, 7, 12
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TRANSPOSITION
Article 3.2, 3.6, 7, 12
Amendments to the Law on Water (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 27/07 of 17 May 2007)
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5. Chapter 27: Environment
TRANSPOSITION
Articles 2.1,2.2,2.3, 2.4, 2.4,2.6, 3.1 (a), 3.1 (b), 3.3, 4.1,4.5,5.1,5.2,5.3, 5.5
Amendments to the Law on Water (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 27/07 of 17 May 2007) providing a legal basis for secondary legislation on protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration
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6. TRANSPOSITION Article 4.2, Anex III
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TRANSPOSITION
Article 4.2, Anex III
Amendments to the Law on Water (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 27/07 of 17 May 2007), providing a legal basis for secondary legislation that would lay down the status of water
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7. TRANSPOSITION Article 3.5 Article 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
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TRANSPOSITION
Article 3.5
Plans on managing waters in the water area of the river basin or one of its parts (based on Article 25 of the Water Law)
Article 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Programme of measures for each water area
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8. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
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INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Institution
Number of employees working on harmonisation of national legislation with the EU Acquis
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – Department for Water Management 3
Water Directorate
Enivironmental Protection Agency 2
Geological Institute
Hydrometeorologic and Seismologic Institute 10
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Plan for the harmonization of national legislation with Directive 2006/118 and funding
Existing or planned national legal act
Method of harmonisation
Deadline for harmonisation
Funds, in €
for implementation
Law on Waters
Amendments to the law on waters
2015
Adoption of a new bylaw on defining the status of waters
2016
Adoption of water management plans (2)
2020
, 00
Implementation of programme monitoring ground waters
,00
Amendments to the decree on classification and categorisation of surface and ground waters
2 000,00
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Adoption of the program of measures for each water area (2)
months
10 000,00
Amendments to the Rulebook on the quality and sanitary-technical conditions for discharge of wastewaters into the recipient and public sewer the method and procedure of analysing the quality of wastewaters, minimum number of analyses and contents on the report on wastewater quality established
2016
1 000,00
Adoption on new by-law on the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural land
2017
adoption of new by-law on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration
2 000,00
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11. IMPLEMENTATION Establishing groundwater threshold values
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IMPLEMENTATION
Establishing groundwater threshold values
On the basis of Art. 75 paragraph 6 and Art. 76 paragraph 2 of the Law on Waters (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 27/07), the Government of Montenegro adopted the Regulation on the classification and categorization of surface and ground water (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 2/07 ).
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12. IMPLEMENTATION Assessing groundwater chemical status
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IMPLEMENTATION
Assessing groundwater chemical status
The Hydrometeorologic and Seismologic Institute of Montenegro is obligated for systematic examination of the qualitative characteristics of groundwater in Montenegro, as defined by the Law on Water (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 27/07);
Groundwater quality monitoring is currently performed at the sources that are used for water supply (groundwater provides about 92% of the total amount of water for cities) and 9 points (wells) that are included in the Annual Programme of systematic testing of water quality.
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IMPLEMENTATION
Establishing a procedure and methodology for identifying and reversing significant and sustained upward trends
Article 73, paragraph 2 of the Law on Water defines the objectives of the protection of groundwater, including the following two objectives:
      - prevention or limitation of inputting of pollutants in groundwater and prevention of deterioration of the status of all bodies of groundwater;
- reduction of significant increase of concentration of the pollution that is result of the impact of human activities in order to reduce pollution of groundwater progressively
Procedure and methodology for identifying and reversing of significant and sustained upward trends is not legally established. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in its Annual reports shows a comparative analysis of the concentration of pollutants that are detected in groundwater in the last 4 years.
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IMPLEMENTATION
Establishing measures for preventing inputs into groundwater of hazardous substances
The Law on Water (Article 73, paragraph 2) defines aims in a field of groundwater protection.
According to the Rulebook on the determination and maintenance of zones and areas of sanitary protection of the water supply, it is necessary to implement appropriate restrictions in the use of hazardous substances in separate zones.
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15. The full implementation of the Directive will go beyond 2020.
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IMPLEMENTATION
The full implementation of the Directive will go beyond 2020.
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