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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION THEMATIC ROUND TABLE ON ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY,TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT KOSOVO 2020 REPORT May 2013, Pristina This Report has been developed based on series of meetings conducted by the Thematic Round Table on Environment, Energy, Transport, and Regional Development.. As such this Report is part of a set of documents endorsed by Task Force for European Integration. The work of the Task Force for European Integration and its Thematic Roundtables, including the preparation of this Report has been supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft f· Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through the Project “Support to the European Integration Process in Kosovo”. The views, information and/or arguments do not necessarily reect the ofcial opinion of the MEI, GiZ or any other stakeholder to every detail. TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 4 1. Environment ................................................................................................. 5 1.1. Air ..................................................................................................... 5 1.1.1. Laws and administrative instructions for the sector ................. 9 1.1.2. Basic documents for the sector ..................................................... 10 1.2. Climate Change .............................................................................. 11 1.2.1. Legal framework............................................................................. 14 1.2.2. Strategic documents ....................................................................... 14 1.2.3. Objectives and priorities ................................................................ 14 1.3. Waste ................................................................................................ 15 1.3.1. Legal framework............................................................................. 17 1.3.2. Strategic documents ....................................................................... 18 1.3.3. Institutional framework ................................................................. 20 1.3.4. Challenges ....................................................................................... 21 1.4. Chemicals......................................................................................... 22 1.4.1. Legal framework............................................................................. 23 1.4.2. Institutional framework ................................................................. 24 1.4.3. Strategic documents: ...................................................................... 24 1.4.4. Challenges ....................................................................................... 25 1.5. Water ................................................................................................ 25 1.5.1. Legal framework............................................................................. 27 1.5.2. Core documents for the sector ...................................................... 29 1.5.3. Objectives and priorities ................................................................ 30 1.6. Nature conservation ....................................................................... 31 1.6.1. Legal framework............................................................................. 33 1.6.2. Strategic documents ....................................................................... 34 1.6.3. Institutional framework ................................................................. 35 1.6.4. Challenges ....................................................................................... 36 Land Protection ............................................................................... 40 1.6.5. Legal and institutional framework .............................................. 42 1.6.6. Strategic documents ....................................................................... 42 1.6.7. Challenges ....................................................................................... 43 1.7. Control of industrial pollution and risk management .............. 43 1.7.1. Legal framework............................................................................. 44 1.7.2. Intervention plans in case of an environment accident ............ 46 1.8. Objectives and priorities for industry sector .............................. 46 1.9. Protection from noise ..................................................................... 47 1.9.1. Laws and administrative instructions for the sector ................. 48 1.9.2. Basic documents for the sector ..................................................... 48 1.10. Challenges ....................................................................................... 49 2. Energy ............................................................................................................ 50 2.1. EU requirements in the energy sector ......................................... 52 2.2. Legislative framework ................................................................... 56 2.3. Institutional set-up ......................................................................... 57 2.4. Strategic documents ....................................................................... 59 2.5. Security of Supply .......................................................................... 60 2.6. Internal Energy Market ................................................................. 66 2.7. Renewable Energy .......................................................................... 71 2.8. Energy Efficiency ............................................................................ 77 2.9. Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection .................................... 83 2.10. Main Challenges and recommendations .................................... 85 2.11. Annexes ............................................................................................ 88 3. Transport in Kosovo .................................................................................... 112 3.1. Legislation ....................................................................................... 114 Harmonization of transport legislation ....................................... 114 3.2. Coordinated strategic planning in transport .............................. 116 3.3. Institutional Framework: Regulatory and monitoring authorities in transport sector ....................................................... 121 3.4. Road transport and market access: challenges for harmonization of standards .......................................................... 122 3.4.1. Transport of dangerous goods – standards applied in Kosovo ......................................................................................... 124 3.4.2. Tariffs applied on vehicles in Kosovo road network ................ 125 3.5. Railway Transport: market access and safety certificates ........ 126 3.6. Water transport and Kosovo ......................................................... 128 3.7. Air Transport ................................................................................... 128 3.8. Challenges of the transport sector ............................................... 132 4. Regional Development ............................................................................... 134 4.1. Legal and institutional framework .............................................. 134 4.2. Strategic Documents ...................................................................... 136 4.3. Current state of affairs ................................................................... 138 4.4. Programming .................................................................................. 141 4.5. Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................... 144 4.6. Management and Financial Control ............................................ 145 4.7. Main challenges and recommendations...................................... 145 Conclusions of the Working Group meeting of the 9th March 2013 ........ 146 I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to diagnose the current situation in the area of environ- ment, energy, transport and regional development in Kosovo. The report is a summary of the discussion papers presented at the workshops organised within the Thematic Roundtable 6 on Environment, Energy, Transport and Regional Development, part of the Task Force for European Integration of Kosovo. The Thematic Roundtable 6 included a number of workshops organised to discuss and agree on the current state of affairs in the areas of environment, energy, transport and regional development. The draft discussion papers were presented and discussed amongst different stakeholders including representatives of Kosovo Government, civil society including business and non-governmental organisations, as well as representa- tives of different international organisations working in the relevant areas. In addition the discussion papers were followed by a number of presentations from other stake- holders mainly representatives of the Government institution, while the discussions were focused on identifying strength and weaknesses in the sectors. The first chapter includes an overview of the situation on environment. The report is divided into several sub-chapters presenting the current state of affairs in environment sectors: air, water, waste, climate change, nature protection with