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This activity aims to assist EECCA countries in setting realistic, achievable environmental standards (air and water quality standards and waste management performance standards), consistent with EU requirements.
The reform of the permitting system in the EECCA region is closely linked to the revision of environmental quality standards (for air and water) and establishment of appropriate technology-based performance standards for waste management. Previous co-operation between the European Commission, the EAP Task Force and EECCA countries resulted in developing a roadmap for reform which reviewed the EU framework Directives in the areas of air protection, water protection and waste management (and their “daughter” Directives) and presented the concepts and benchmarks for these reforms.
The Partnership Co-operation Agreements which have been concluded between individual EECCA countries and the European Union provide an important framework for convergence of EECCA and EU environmental standards. The revision of environmental standards will require not only a change in numerical values but a broad-based reform encompassing the principles and the legal basis of standard setting. Depending on donor support, country-specific demontration projects will be implemented to support such reform.
For more information contact:
Eugene Mazur
Environment and Globalisation Division
Environment Directorate
OECD 2, rue Andre-Pascal
75775 Paris Cedex 16, France
Tel: (33 1) 45 24 76 92
Fax: (33 1) 44 30 61 83
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