Transcript Export-Import

MONTENEGRO
Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union
Working Group for Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change
Bilateral screening: Chapter 27
PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO
Brussels, 18-22 March 2013
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change
Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 17 June 2008 concerning the export and import of
dangerous chemicals which will be replaced by Regulation (EU) No
649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July
2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals
Dragana Raonic, advisor
Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
[email protected]
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TRANSPOSITION
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Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 has been mainly transposed into the
national legislation through provisions of the Law on Chemicals (OJ
MNE 18/12 )
The remaining provisions shall be transposed by planned secondary
legislation:
Rulebook on contents of the notification referred, the procedure and
timetable for implementing the procedure of prior notification
List of chemicals for the prior notification procedure
Rulebook on contents of the notification referred, the procedure and
timetable for implementing the PIC procedure
List of chemicals for the PIC procedure
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COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
•Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism is competent for
drafting the legislation in this area and has general competence over
supervision of implementation of this legislation
•Environmental Protection Agency verifies the data from the notice
and after testing notify the country of export of chemicals.
•Environmental Protection Agency - notification and information
measures required for the import and export of chemicals requiring
prior informed consent
•Environmental Protection Agency - delivers a decision in connection
with the import of chemicals listed under the Rotterdam Convention to
the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention.
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COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
•Administration of Customs responsible for controlling the import and
export of chemicals listed in Annex I
•Inspection supervision over the enforcement of import and export of
chemicals performs Environmental Inspector
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IMPLEMENTATION
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Established procedure about:
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Receiving notification of a proposed first export of a substance
subject to notification at least 30 days before the intended export
Notifying the competent authority of the transit country of the
chemicals in transit at least 15 days prior to the transit
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ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
•Proper administrative set-up for building the capacity for
reporting to the Commission on the implementation of the
regulation
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ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
Organization
Ministry of Sustainable
Development and Tourism
Number of employees
Environmental Protection
Agency
Environmental inspection
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COSTS
•Establishing and running notification and information system to
support import and export of dangerous chemicals
•Develop guidance to exporters on their obligations
•To collect the information required by this regulation
•To control the movement of chemicals
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Thank you for your attention
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