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Commission Report (2002): Czech Republic
Overall, good progress has been made as regards completing transposition
of the acquis, in particular as regards integrated pollution prevention and
control. An urgent priority should be transposition of nature protection
legislation. Further efforts are also needed with regard to amending new
legislation where certain provisions are currently not complying with the
acquis, in particular in the water and waste sectors and as regards
environmental impact assessment. Measures foreseen in the Action Plan are
largely on track as regards completing implementation of the acquis. In the
field of environmental impact assessment, further training activities are
needed. In the water sector, as regards drinking and groundwater, as well as
nitrates and dangerous substances, the monitoring network still needs to be
brought in line with acquis requirements. In the area of nitrates, the
designation of vulnerable zones is ongoing and concerning dangerous
substances the main sources of pollution have been identified and the
inventory of pollution and disposal of dangerous substances has been updated.
In the field of integrated pollution prevention control, the IPPC Agency has
been established, training of staff in the regional authorities has started
and pilot projects on permitting have started for some new installations. For
biocides an Authorisation Authority as well as the related procedures and a
system for the classification, packaging and labelling of biocides has been
established. Concerning nature protection, further efforts are needed to keep
the foreseen timetable. Work on a list of sites eligible as sites of
Community importance under the Habitats Directive is ongoing and a first
draft of Specially Protected Areas (SPA) designated under the Birds Directive
has been completed. Some progress has been made as regards strengthening of
the administrative, monitoring and enforcement capacity at national and
regional level, in particular with personnel strengthening in the Ministry of
Environment, and the Czech Environmental Inspection. Action plan measures in
this respect are largely on track. As regards the distribution of
competencies, the Act amending and repealing certain acts with respect to the
abolishment of District Offices has been adopted. Further efforts are needed
to improve co-operation between responsible authorities at all levels, in
particular concerning water. Training activities foreseen in the Action Plan
are largely on track but further activities are needed, in particular at the
regional and local level. The strengthening of investment planning capacity
needs to be further improved. Although further steps have been taken in
integrating environmental protection requirements into all sectoral policies,
such as the adoption of a national strategy for sustainable development,
continuous attention is needed both at a national and local level. The
Accession Partnership priorities in the area of environment have been met to
a large extent. Implementation of the measures under the Action Plan is
largely on track.
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