D5.1 HANDBOOK ADDRESSED TO DECISION MAKERS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE SHP CONCESSION PRACTICES IN SEE COUNTRIES WORK PACKAGE 5 – COMMON STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SHP IMPLEMENTATION Final Version Date 24.05.2011 B. Popa (POLI-B), R. Magureanu (POLI-B), S. Šantl (UL), D. Kozelj (UL), G. Rak (UL), A. Skroza (UL), F. Steinman (UL), G. Zenz (TUG), G. Harb (TUG), I. Saccardo (ARPAV), D. Gasparetto (ARPAV), M. Cesca (ARPAV), Florentina Isfan (APELE), A. Moldoveanu (APELE), O. Gabor (APELE), A.T. Lazarine (APELE), I. Florescu (APELE), I. Tanase (APELE), C. Florescu (APELE), ANESER S.A. (SERRES) INDEX 1. PREFACE.................................................................................................................................................. - 4 - 2. CONCESSION PRACTICES RELATED TO WATER USES WITH FOCUS ON HYDROPOWER.......... - 4 - 2.1. EUROPEAN LEGISLATION RELEVANT TO COMMUNITY POLICY FOR WATER.................................................... - 6 - 2.2. THE EBRD CORE PRINCIPLES FOR A MODERN CONCESSIONS LAW (MCL) ................................................. - 8 - 3. CONCESSION PRACTICES RELATED TO WATER USES WITH FOCUS ON HYDROPOWER IN PP COUNTRIES (HPP AND SHP).................................................................................................................... - 15 - 3.1. CONCESSION PROCEDURES IN ROMANIA............................................................................................... - 22 - 3.2. COMMENTS ON ARTICLES IN ROMANIA................................................................................................... - 46 - 3.3. CONCESSION PROCEDURES IN ITALY ..................................................................................................... - 63 - 3.4. COMMENTS ON ARTICLES IN ITALY ......................................................................................................... - 74 - 3.5. CONCESSION PROCESS IN AUSTRIA ...................................................................................................... - 78 - 3.6. LEGAL ASPECTS IN SLOVENIA ............................................................................................................... - 90 - 3.6.1. Basic procedure for HP implementation.....................................................................................- 90 - 3.6.1.1. Conditions and process for water concession granting for hydropower water use...................................- 91 - 3.6.1.2. Spatial Planning..................................................................................................................................................- 93 - 3.6.1.3. Design and construction...................................................................................................................................- 94 - 3.6.1.4. Operation and electricity production ................................................................................................................- 95 - 3.6.1.5. Supervision..........................................................................................................................................................- 96 - 3.6.2. Detailed introduction to the regulations......................................................................................- 96 - 3.6.2.1. Waters Act (WA) .................................................................................................................................................- 96 - 3.6.2.2. Environment protection act (EPA-1) ................................................................................................................- 99 - 3.6.2.3. Nature conservation act (NCA) ......................................................................................................................- 100 - 3.6.2.4. Freshwater fishery act (FFA) ..........................................................................................................................- 101 - 3.6.2.5. Spatial planning act..........................................................................................................................................- 101 - 3.6.2.6. Construction act (ZGO-1)................................................................................................................................- 102 - 3.6.2.7. Act on physical assets of the state, regions and municipalities .................................................................- 102 - 3.6.2.8. Energy act .........................................................................................................................................................- 102 - 3.7. LEGAL ASPECTS IN GREECE ............................................................................................................... - 104 - 4. IDENTIFICATION OF WEAK POINTS.................................................................................................. - 107 - 4.1. IDENTIFICATION OF WEAK POINTS IN ROMANIA ..................................................................................... - 107 - 4.2. IDENTIFICATION OF WEAK POINTS IN ITALY ........................................................................................... - 107 - 4.3. IMPACT OF THE WFD ON SHP IN AUSTRIA .......................................................................................... - 109 - 4.4. MAIN PROBLEMS IN SLOVENIA .............................................................................................................- 112 - 4.5. MAIN PROBLEMS IN GREECE ...............................................................................................................- 112 - - 2 - 5. RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE CONCESSION PRACTICES IN PP COUNTRIES.................. - 115 - 5.1. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING CONCESSION PRACTICES IN ROMANIA...........................................- 115 - 5.2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING CONCESSION PRACTICES IN ITALY .................................................- 115 - 5.3. ACTIONS FOR SMALL HYDROPOWER-SUPPORTS IN AUSTRIA ..................................................................- 116 - 5.4. SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVING PRACTICE IN GREECE.............................................................................- 117 - 6. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................... - 118 - 7. REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................... - 119 - Figure summary FIGURE 1 – SMALL HYDRO-POWER TOTALS FOR EXISTING UNCHANGED, REVITALIZED (INCOMPLETE) AND NEW SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANTS ON THE KEY DATE 12.31.2008 (ÖKOSTROMBERICHT 2009, E-CONTROL) ................. - 79 - FIGURE 2 – STEPS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (KNOBLAUCH, 2006, MODIFIED) ...................... - 87 - FIGURE 3 – FLOW-CHART OF PROCEDURE: UVP PROCEDURE AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE (KNOBLAUCH, 2006, MODIFIED) .................................................................................................................................... - 88 - FIGURE 4 – BASIC PROCESS OF HYDROPOWER WATER USE IN SLOVENIA........................................................... - 91 - FIGURE 5 – PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR CONCESSION GRANTING.................................................................. - 93 - FIGURE 6 – CHART OF THE PROCESS OF RENTING.......................................................................................... - 105 - FIGURE 7 – OLD HPP “ALM BEI VORCHDORF/LAMBACH”, BY NOW REHABILITATED (BMLFUW, 2005)................- 111 - Table summary TABLE 1 – EUROPEAN WATER LEGISLATION........................................................................................................ - 7 - TABLE 2 – SPECIFIC ROMANIAN LEGISLATION ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ........................................................ - 15 - TABLE 3 – SPECIFIC ROMANIAN LEGISLATION ON REORGANIZATION OF AUTONOMOUS ADMINISTRATIONS............ - 16 - TABLE 4 – HARMONIZATION OF THE ROMANIAN LEGISLATION WITH THE EU ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ........... - 18 - TABLE 5 – HARMONIZATION OF THE ROMANIAN LEGISLATION WITH THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATION REGARDING WATER QUALITY ................................................................................................................................................. - 20 - TABLE 6 – KIND OF WORKS WHICH REQUIRE THE SCREENING PROCEDURE........................................................ - 66 - TABLE 7 – KIND OF WORKS WHICH REQUIRE DIRECTLY THE EIA. ....................................................................... - 66 - TABLE 8 – THRESHOLD VALUES TO VERIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF THE SCREENING PROCEDURE IN THE VENETO REGION.................................................................................................................................................. - 70 - TABLE 9 – APPROVED SMALL HYDRO POWER TOTALS BY CATEGORY, AS OF 31.12.2008 (ÖKOSTROMBERICHT 2009, E- CONTROL) .............................................................................................................................................. - 79 - TABLE 10 – EXPECTED ENERGY LOSSES CONCERNING MIF AT SHP IN AUSTRIA (SOURCE: STIGLER ET AL., 2005) ..... - 110 - - 3 - 1. Preface The present work is an outcome of the project “SEE HYDROPOWER, targeted to improve water resource management for a growing renewable energy production”, in the frame of the South-East-Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme, co-funded by the European Regional Development