Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network for Accession (ECENA) Reports

Reports on Implementation on the Implementation of the Recommendation 2001/331/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on Minimum Criteria for Environmental Inspections (RMCEI) in Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (territory under interim UN administration following Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia During the First BERCEN Plenary Meeting held in Budapest on September 9th, 2002 it was decided that ‘the BERCEN member countries should have a standardized reporting on the preparatory activities in regards to implementation of the Recommendation 2001/331/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on Minimum Criteria for Environmental Inspections in Member States (RMCEI)'. This reporting was conducted by the relevant national environmental administrations and assisted by the Regional Environmental Center (REC) as the ECENA Secretariat, for Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (territory under interim UN administration following Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The ECENA member countries consider this standardized reporting procedure a powerful tool for measuring the achieved progress, addressing common problems and needs and exchanging experiences with IMPEL and AC IMPEL member countries and the European Commission. To that end, ECENA member countries and the ECENA Secretariat aimed to contribute to further improvements of implementation of the Recommendation and opening of possibilities for the countries to receive important inputs on implementation from the European Commission. This Report is complied following the IMPEL Guidance on Point VIII of the Recommendation of the European Parliament and the Council of 4 April 2001 providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States (2001/331/EC). The Report consists of the executive summary and individual country chapters drafted by the relevant national environmental authorities. You can download the full report here (374 KB - PDF file)

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