Transcript Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change

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
Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 of 20 December
2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme
for imports of timber into the European Community
(FLEGT Regulation)
Pavle Međedović
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Forest Administration
[email protected]
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK
• Law on Forests (“Official Gazette of Montenegro” no. 74/10)
• Law on Inspection Supervision ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", no.
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39/03 and "Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 76/09)
Criminal Code („Official Gazette of MNE“, no. 40/2008, 25/2010 and
32/2011)
Law on Customs Administration ("Official Gazette of MNE”, no. 7/02 and
29/05)
Law on Nature Protection ("Off. Gazette of MNE”, no. 51/08)
National Action Plan for the Suppression of illegal forestry activities
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK
• The provisions of the Directive are at very early stage of
transposition. Parts that are harmonized with the Directive refer
to the Article 56 in the Law on Forests (“Official Gazette of
Montenegro” no. 74/10).
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INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development
Forest
Administration
Directorate for Inspection
Affairs
Forestry
Inspection
Ministry of Finance
Administration
of Customs
Ministry of Justice
Prosecution
Ministry of Interior
Police
Department
Goverment of Montenegro
Ministry of Sustainable
Development and Tourism
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IMPLEMENTATION
Competent authority
• A competent authority for the FLEGT Regulation has not been
designated as required by Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Regulation.
• Responsibility of Forests Administration in terms of the Directive is to
issue certificate of origin of the wood and the Customs Administration
controls the export of wood products from countries.
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National Action Plan (NAP)
•The Government of Montenegro adopted National Action Plan (NAP) to combat illegal
activities in the forestry.
• So far, only obligations arising from the Directive which are also related to implementation
of the NAP are implemented, for example:
- The term "illegal activities in forest exploitation" (illegal logging), we used the official
definition of the World Bank (WB)
- Under monitoring of NAP for combating illegal activities in the forestry, it’s included the
timely introduction of the Coordination team with the facts, data and information across
team members, analyzing and proposing adequate measures.
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The goal of the NAP is to combat illegal activities in the forestry, including forest
harvesting, capturing forest land illegally, the deliberate planting of forest fires, the
prevention of proving the destruction of boundary lines between state and private
forest, the corruption in the forestry sector, with special emphasis on illegal activities in
forest exploitation and trade in illegally harvested timber
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IMPLEMENTATION
• Forest Laws and regulations in line with the concerns of penalties :
- The sentences were imposed by the Law on forests (“Official Gazette
of Montenegro ”, no. 74/10) of Article 89, item 11 for any person who
distributes wood products without origin of issued certificates.
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Ongoing projects and Opportunities
• Done in the framework of the methodology FODEMO project and FLEG
SB project to determine the illegal logging
• Implementation of a uniform methodology for determining the volume
of illegal logging
• Define areas that are particularly vulnerable when it comes to illegal
logging and other illegal activities
• List exporter of unprocessed wood products
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Administrative/Institutional capacity
Current state
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
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Forest Administration
Forestry Inspection
Customs Administration
PE “National Parks of Montenegro
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CURRENT AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES
• Prevention of illegal cross-border activities in the field of forestry
and coordination of border services
• Define areas that are particularly vulnerable when it comes to
illegal logging and other illegal activities
• Organizing workshops, trainings, seminars, educations
• Strategies to the development of forests and forestry
• Other activities
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FINANCING
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State Budget
IPA project (value of the project 1 million Euros)
FODEMO project (the project is being implemented under a
separate Agreement between the Government of Montenegro
and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (value
of the project 9 million Euros)
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Thank you for your attention
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