ENLARGEMENT FUTURES PROJECT: Expert Panel on Sustainability,

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Table of Content

Executive Summary.9

1. Introduction 13

1.1 The expert workshop process.14

1.2 The sustainability concept 14

2. Sectoral and cross-cutting issues in sustainable development in accession countries17

2.1 Agriculture, water and soil .17

Development of the agricultural sector 17

Rural development17

Internalization of external costs18

Organic farming as an opportunity.18

Biofuels.19

Water.19

2.2 Energy and industry19

Energy production.19

Nuclear safety20

Industrial pollution control .20

Disposal of waste 20

Air quality improvements.21

Clean Development Mechanism 21

Technologies for efficiency 21

2.3 Transport 21

Transport sector development 21

Growth in transport demand.22

Internalization of external costs22

2.4 Institutional capacity.23

Administrative structure and legal expertise23

2.5 Sustainable development policies23

Challenges to sustainable development .24

3. Sectoral snapshots and sustainability challenges25

Accession requirements - The Copenhagen Criteria.25

The role of the Acquis Communautaire.25

3.1 Snapshot of the agricultural sector.26

Productivity and trade.27

Social pressures and rural-urban migration .27

Environmental dimension.27

Prospects.27

Sustainability policy challenges in the agricultural sector 28

3.2 Snapshot of the water sector.29

Water quality29

Trans-boundary river management 30

Strategic lines and European environmental policies30

Sustainability challenges in the water sector .31

3.3 Snapshot of the energy sector 32

Nuclear energy 32

Replacement of nuclear power.33

Renewable Energy in ACs .33

Market development .34

Sustainability challenges in the energy sector .35

3.4 Snapshot of the transport sector .36

Growth in transport demand.36

Railways .37

Car ownership .37

Long-term solutions38

Sustainability challenge in the transport sector39

Annex I - List of contributors.41

Experts 41

European Commission42

IPTS, European Commission - Involved in reporting.42

I PTS, European Commission - Workshop observers.42

Annex II - Long list of sectoral and cross-cutting issues identified in the workshop process .43

Main cross-cutting issues concluded in the Seville workshop44

II.1 Agriculture, water and soil .44

Intensification of agricultural production.44

Agricultural transition and urban development .44

The shift in the Common Agricultural Policy .45

Organic farming as an opportunity.45

Internalization of external costs45

Water.45

Globalization .46

Rural development46

Biofuels.47

II.2 Energy and industry.50

Energy production.50

Nuclear safety51

Industrial pollution control and waste management51

Disposal of waste 52

Natural resource preservation.52

Air quality improvements.53

Clean Development Mechanism 53

Technologies for efficiency 54

II.3 Transport54

Transport sector development 55

Growth in transport demand.55

Application of western standards .55

Planning and time horizons 56

Supply-side measures .56

II.4 Institutional56

Administrative structure and legal expertise56

Institutional set-up.57

Involvement58

Investment costs58

II.5 Sustainable development policies .59

Sustainable development policies 59

Obstacles to sustainable development .60

II.6 Internalization of external costs.60

Demand management measures.60

II.7 Awareness .62

II.8 Development of the civil society.62

II.9 The time perspective63

II.10 Best practice .63

Annex III - Studies.65

Annex III.1 Agricultural sector in accession countries: Social, economic and environmental

challenges.67

I. DESCRIPTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR 67

II. PROSPECTS FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETS .71

III. SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES 81

Annex III.2 GMOs, organic farming and enlargement.85

Organic Farming .85

Genetically Modified Organisms .88

Annex III.3 Water resources in the candidate countries: the European Context .93

Water availability 93

Water quality .94

Physical change.97

Trans-boundary river management 97

Strategic lines and European environmental policies98

Annex III.4 The Danube River Basin – a short review.99

Joint Action Program for the Danube River Basin (JAP) 100

References 103

Annex III.4.1 The Danube River Basin - Joint Action Program. 103

Annex III.5 Nuclear installations and renewable potential 111

Nuclear Power in AC. 111

Reactors types in use in Central and Eastern Europe. 113

Replacement of nuclear power 114

Renewable Energy in ACs. 117

Annex III.6 Developments in the transport sector . 121

Growth in transport demand 121

Modal split 123

Railways . 124

Car ownership 125

Long-term solutions. 126

Sources. 127

Annex III.7 Transport and Spatial Planning. 129

Applying Land Use Planning 131