Montenegro Accession to EU: Chapter 27 Environment & Climate
The Montenegro negotiating team is working on Chapter 27 - Environment and Climate Change for the country's accession to the European Union. The presentation covers the legal and institutional frameworks, including laws on forests, inspection supervision, customs, and nature protection. It also outlines the National Action Plan against illegal forestry activities and the institutional setup involving various ministries and departments in Montenegro.
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M O N T E N E G R O 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 Me edovi Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Forest Administration pavlemedjedovic@yahoo.com M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change LEGAL FRAMEWORK Law on Forests ( Official Gazette of Montenegro no. 74/10) Law on Inspection Supervision ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 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 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change 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 Montenegro no. 74/10). Gazette of M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Forest Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Administration Directorate for Inspection Affairs Forestry Inspection Administration of Customs Ministry of Finance Goverment of Montenegro Ministry of Justice Prosecution Police Department Ministry of Interior Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism PE National Parks of Montenegro M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change 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. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change 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. 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 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change 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. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change 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 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change Administrative/Institutional capacity State administration Current state Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 2 Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism 2 Forest Administration 15 regional units Forestry Inspection 11 Customs Administration At every border=3-5 PE National Parks of Montenegro 39 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union O ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change 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 M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 27 Environment and Climate Change FINANCING 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) M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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