MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro

MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change Bilateral screening: Chapter 27 PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO Brussels, 18 -22 March 2013

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Sulphur content in fuel Directives 1999/32/EC and 2012/33/EU Olivera Kujundžić Adviser - Department for Atmosphere Protection Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism olivera. kujundzic@mrt. gov. me MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change TRANSPOSITION • Directive 1999/32/EC is partialy transposed by Regulation on Limit • • Values of Pollutants in Liquid Fossil Fuels (OJ MNE 43/2010) on the basis of the Law on Air Protection and the Law on protection of sea from pollution from ships OG MN 26/2011 Directive 2012/33/EC has not yet been transposed into national legislation Montenegro is not yet a party to MARPOL VI – The Law on Ratification is currently in the procedure to be adopted by the National Assembly MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change TRANSPOSITION Regulation on Limit Values of Pollutants in Liquid Fossil Fuels (OJ MNE 43/2010) transposes the following: • Scope of the directive • Number of definitions • Maximum sulphur content of heavy fuel oil • Maximum sulphur content of gas oils, including marine gas oils • Other requirements related to marine fuels (art. 4 b. 2 i 4 b. 3) • Maximum sulphur content of marine fuels used by ships at berth • The reference method adopted for determining sulphur content and the arbitration method MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change TRANSPOSITION Law on protection of sea from pollution from ships (OG MN 26/2011) transposes the following parts of the Directive: • Enursing that the sulphur content of all marine fuels sold in • • Montenegrin territory is documented by the supplier on a bunker delivery note Take action as appropriate against marine fuel suppliers that have been found to deliver fuel that does not comply with the specification stated on the bunker delivery note Emission abatement technologies for ships shall be approved in accordance with directives requirements MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Limit Values Type of fuel Sulphur content Notes Heavy fuel oil 10 g/kg (1% m/m) (LCP exception) Gas oils 1 g/kg (0, 1% m/m). Marine fuels 15 g/kg (1, 5% m/m) MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union 1 g/kg (0, 1% m/m) for ships at berth Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Administrative set-up • The Ministry responsible for environment protection and the • • Ministry responsible for economy are competent for regulation of fuel quality, the Ministry responsible for transport is in charge of establishing mechanisms to control marine fuel quality Environmental Protection Agency issues licences to accredited laboratories for sampling and analysing of fuels and develops the Annual Monitoring Plan for automotive fuels and providing information to the public Regulatory Agency for Energy licences suppliers of fuel Sampling and analysing liquid fuel quality is done by accredited laboratories Port state inspections shall control marine fuels MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Implementation • Control of fuel quality is done through Annual monitoring of • • • automotive fuels The frequency of sampling is in accordance with the standard EN 14274 Fuel used by industry is reported to EPA and monitored through emissions System to control marine fuels is not established yet, after ratification of the MARPOL VI and ammendments to the Law on on protection of sea from pollution from ships this system shall be put in place (by 2014) MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Automotive fuel quality monitoring MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Transposition plans • Amendments to the Law on protection of sea from pollution from ships OG MN 26/2011 in accordance with MARPOL VI is planned by 2014; • Amendments to the Regulation on Limit Values of Pollutants in Liquid Fossil Fuels (OJ MNE 43/2010) in accordance with requirements of the new Directive 2012/33/EU by 2016. MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change Implementation challenges • Establishment of the system for marine fuel quality control • • (both at sea ships and vessels not encompassed by MARPOL VI less than gross 400 t) Establishment of the system (if necessary) for control of heavy fuel oils and gas oils (non-automotive fuels) Full implementation is possible by 2018 MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 27: : ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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