Assessing Environmental Law Drafting Needs in South Eastern

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MB Europe

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ID Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

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CONTENTS

Foreword 5

Introductory remarks 7

Part I

Strategy for Approximating European Union Environmental Legislation 9

Part II

Regional Overview of South Eastern Europe 17

General Issues 19

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up in SEE countries 23

Environmental law drafting in process 29

Achievements, needs and obstacles 31

Part III

Country-Specific Drafting Needs 33

Albania 35

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up 35

Environmental law drafting in process 37

Achievements and needs 38

Priority environmental legislation 39

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of BiH, Republika Srpska, District of Brcko) 41

Overview of present environmental legal set-up 41

Environmental law drafting in process 45

Achievements and needs 46

Priority environmental legislation 46

Croatia 47

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up 47

Environmental law drafting in Process 49

Achievements and needs 50

Priority environmental legislation 51

Serbia and Montenegro 53

State level 53

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up 53

Environmental law drafting in process 55

Achievements and needs 55

Priority environmental legislation 55

Republic of Serbia 56

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up 56

Environmental law drafting in process 59

Achievements and needs 59

Priority environmental legislation 59

Republic of Montenegro 60

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up 60

Environmental law drafting in process 63

Achievements and needs 63

Priority environmental legislation 64

Kosovo (territory under UN interim administration 64

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up 64

Environmental law drafting in process 67

Achievements and needs 67

Priority environmental legislation 67

FYR Macedonia 69

Overview of the present environmental legal set-up 69

Environmental law drafting in process 71

Achievements and needs 72

Priority environmental legislation 72

Part IV

Conclusions and Recommendations 73

Endnotes 79

Annexes 83

Annex I: Selections from European Commission documents related to approximation 85

Annex II: Case study on legal approximation priorities 87

Annex III: List of contacts 95

Annex IV: International projects on legal approximation by country 97