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Ministry of the Agriculture and Water Management

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Ministry for the Protection of Natural Resources and
Environment of the Republic of Serbia
 Summary
h Background
h Country Eligibility
h Description of the Project
h Nutrient Pollution from Enterprises
h Institutional and Legal Framework
h Conclusion
 Background
v The section of the Danube that flows through Republic
of Serbia is 588 km long of which about 138 km
constitute the state border with Croatia and about 213
km with Romania.
v Danubeƞs largest tributaries, Drava, Sava and Tisa,
empty into the Danube on Serbian territory increasing
its flow about 2.5 times. Other significant tributaries
that empty into the Danube on Republic of Serbia
territory include Velika Morava, Tamis.
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v Serbia and Montenegro has signed and ratified on January
2003 the Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and
Sustainable Use of the Danube River (Danube Convention)
(1994, Sofia). SAM is also member of the International
Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
(ICPDR) and was in full cooperation with ICPDR during the
1990s
v It participated in the preparation of the Danube River TDA,
prepared a National Review and held a National Planning
Workshop in 1998, and contributed a national action plan
for SAM to the Five Year Nutrient Reduction Action Plan
(2000).
å n December 2002, SAM signed together with Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia the Sava River
Agreement, which aims to institute integrated river basin
management in the basin
åThe ƠReport on the State of the Environment in 2000 and
Priorities in 2001+ for Serbiaơ published by MENR in June
2002 identified water pollution in the Danube River system
as a major environmental problem that requires immediate
action.
å n August 2002 World Bank support in preparing an
investment project under the GEF WB nvestment Fund for
Nutrient Reduction in the Black Sea/Danube Basin.
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The Danube Pollution Reduction Programme has identified

over 30 municipal ơhot spotsơ of water pollution in the
Danube basin
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v (i) the HP Prahova Phosphate Fertilizer Factory

v (ii) the H Zorka Sabac Fertilizer Factory
v (iii) H P Azotara Pancevo which was previously part
of the large Pancevo ndustrial Complex
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_ould consist of four components: (i) nvestment in
ndustrial Nutrient Reduction (incl. fertilizer factories, agro-
processors, and large-scale livestock farms), (ii) Policy
Reform and Capacity Building, (iii) A_areness Raising and
Replicability Strategy; and (iv) Project Management and
Monitoring
The project _ould fund the policy and legal reforms that
_ill support reduction of industrial nutrient pollution and
support Republic of Serbia in its goal to gradually
harmonize its environmental la_s and regulations _ith
those in the EU aquis. n particular, the project _ould
support harmonization of the relevant la_s and regulations
_ith EUƞs Nitrates Directive.
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A New System Law on Environmental Protection has been
designed to overcome some of the institutional
shortcomings that so far have hampered the effective
implementation of environmental policy including water
protection. The Law also provides for the establishment of
an Environmental Protection Agency that will, inter alia,
lead to more systematic monitoring, enhanced
environmental information, and stricter inspections and
enforcement, including for water.
The Draft System Law on Environmental Protection is in
harmony with EU's Directive concerning integrated
pollution prevention and control, also known as the

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v According to the Rio Conference, Johannesburg Summit and
Kiev Ministerial Conference, _e undertake obligation to
actively cooperate in the field of protection and sustainable
use of international _ater currents, first of all the Danube,
Save, Tisa and bar River, by means of strengthening the
joint initiatives, developing plans for joint monitoring.
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