Commission Report 2002 (Romania)

Chapter 22: Environment

Substantial progress has been made with the transposition of the acquis in the sectors of waste management, water quality, industrial pollution control and risk management. However, implementation issues have not been sufficiently taken into account and enforcement is weak. Secondary legislation is needed to complete the implementation of horizontal legislation. The elaboration of directive-specific implementation plans, including financing plans has started but still needs to be completed. There has been no substantial progress in improving capacities for policy preparation and economic analysis at the national level or with developing the enforcement capacity of the Environmental Protection Inspectorates at local level. All entities remain understaffed and most of measures covered by the Action Plan have not yet started. Despite the reactivation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee, there has been no meaningful integration of environmental protection requirements into sectoral policies. The Accession Partnership priorities have not been met. Implementation of the measures contained in the Action Plan is delayed.