ISPA INFORMATION SHEET Measure No 2002 RO 16 P PE 024

Measure title Integrated Waste Management System in

Authority responsible for implementation

Name: Central Finance and Contracting Unit (CFCU) Ministry of Public Finance

Address: MAGHERU Avenue no. 6-8, 5th floor

E-mail: [email protected]

Description

Teleorman is a county located in the south of Romania, in the middle of the Romanian Plain and bordered by the in its southern part. The county surface is about 5 790 km2, which is about 2.4 % of the surface area of Romania. The county is administratively organised in 3 municipalities (Alexandria, Rosiorii de Vede and Turnu Magurele), 2 cities ( and ) and 83 communes. The administrative capital is in Alexandria. In the year 2000, there were 456 000 inhabitants in Teleorman County. The current solid waste management in Teleorman County does not adequately protect the environment. The waste collection is only organised for the five cities and four communes, and without any sorting at source. The project concerns domestic waste collected in Teleorman County, and includes the following main components:

1) Sorting and collection of solid waste (pre-collection points for urban domestic waste, concrete platforms at rural centres, new pre-collection points for street waste, euro-bins and euro-containers, individual composting units, waste collection vehicles and street cleaning vehicles); 2) New landfill at , recycling and composting (sanitary landfill for non-hazardous domestic solid waste, a sorting unit, a composting section) 3) Closure and rehabilitation of existing landfills and other dumping sites (five existing uncontrolled landfills and about 318 legal and 70 illegal smaller dumping sites will be closed and rehabilitated); 4) Technical Assistance. Institutional Arrangements

Following an analysis of relevant options for public-private-partnership (PPP), including the legal aspects, the Teleorman county has opted for having two concessions, one for waste collection and transportation and the other for landfill operation. The county council would delegate a public service to private operators after public tender with the advantages of transparency and efficiency, yet retain the right and obligation to verify performance by the operators and set overall waste management plans. The foreseen Technical Assistance will prepare the pre-qualification and tender dossiers, including the forms of concession contracts, for the selection of the private operators.

Estimated completion date of the measure: December 2008.

Objectives

The overall objective of the proposed measure is to develop the environmental infrastructure for preserving, protecting and improving the environment quality in Teleorman County. The measure will also lead to an increased protection of the rivers tributary to the Danube.

The main objectives are to: – protect the environment and the human health in the Teleorman county vis-à-vis the water and soil contamination caused by the current improper solid waste management; – improve the landscape in the county, which will lead to a higher population comfort and help in creating a more attractive area from the tourism point of view; – reduce resources usage by sorting and recycling of municipal wastes.

Economic and social cost-benefit analysis

The Economic Rate of Return (ERR) has been calculated at 5.05 %, the Economic Net Present Value (ENPV) is € 0.1 million when using 5 % as the social discount rate, and the cost-benefit ratio (C/B) is higher than 1.

Environmental Impact Analysis

The measure is a class of development covered by Annex II of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 85/337/EEC (as amended by 97/11/EC). Environmental permit from the Ministry of Waters and Environmental Protection has been granted. An environmental impact assessment has been carried out. Environmental authorities and the public concerned have been consulted.

Cost and assistance (€)

Private sector Non eligible Total eligible Grant Rate Total cost ISPA grant contribution expenditure cost % 21 514 000 - 108 000 21 406 000 16 054 500 75 %