On 12 July 2018 European Commission (the “Commission”) has announced Annual Report on monitoring the application of EU law (the „Report“) in EU member states. Background Preparation of the Report is a long lasting tradition since the 1984 and a period of EEC. The Report is made each year and contains information for the preceding ...Read More »
The existing legal framework, both the domestic and the EU, should prevent building of objects that impose a threat to endangered species, ecosystems’ water regime or life of local communities in protected areas; furthermore, it should be impossible to plan building up of new facilities, threatening the ecosystem stability and lives of locals, in areas ...Read More »
European Commission announced last week that member states of the EU have reached the agreement on new binding 2030 renewable energy targets of 32%, with an upwards revision clause by 2023. It is planned that agreed goals should be implemented through adoption of the amended Renewable Energy Directive, upon which they will be transposed into ...Read More »
On 16 March 2018, the Energy Community Secretariat (“EC”) sent a Reasoned Opinion to Bosnia and Herzegovina for its failure to comply with the provisions of the Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (“EIA Directive”). EC claims that the environmental impact assessment procedure for ...Read More »
Earlier this month, Parliament of the Republic of Srpska has adopted amendments to the existing Law on Waste Management (the “Law”), originally adopted in 2013. The amendments were adopted in urgent procedure, triggering queries from the interested public and civil organizations, questioning reasons for shortening entire procedure of the adoption of Law. According to explanation ...Read More »
After hazardous waste landfills were found in the cities of Novi Sad and Obrenovac in December of last year, new illegal hazardous landfills were discovered recently in a village Vukićevici near Obrenovac. At the end of December of last year, Ministry of Environment has announced that 20 tons of dangerous illegal waste has been found ...Read More »