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BOX 11: Main costs arising in relation to legislation in the air quality sector
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1. Establishing and maintaining a network of air quality monitoring stations and associated quality assurance
equipment, and reporting the monitoring results. These costs will be borne by the central government.
2. Preparing emissions inventories of greenhouse gases and pollutants that significantly affect air quality.
These costs will be borne by the central government.
3. Preparing plans and programmes to achieve compliance with ambient air quality limits. These costs will
be borne by the central government.
4. Compliance with emission limits and technical requirements under the directives, or the implementation
of plans and programmes designed to improve ambient air quality. These costs will be borne by the polluters
themselves (industry, householders, motorists etc.).
5. Staff training. Without suitably trained staff, systems for air quality monitoring, modelling, management, planning,
and regulation and enforcement cannot be effectively implemented. It is important to ensure that adequate
budgets are provided to enable the responsible institutions to perform their functions effectively.
Source: REC and Umweltbundesamt GmbH, 2008
BOX 12: Cost of implementing the IPPC Directive in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
In order to achieve compliance with the IPPC Directive, EUR 572 million investments and EUR 39 million annual
operating costs have to be covered by industry (investment and operating costs in abatement systems), the Ministry
of Environment and Physical Planning, and the municipalities (mainly training, administration and staff costs).
(National Environmental Investment Strategy, 2009)
TABLE 14: Indicative estimates of investment outlays for the air sector
BENEFIT TYPE AIR
Croatia Estimated investment needs up to 2011 are EUR 3.2 million. Of this, EUR 2 million are allocated to
air quality directives; EUR 0.7 million to the IPPC Directive; and EUR 0.5 million to the LCP Directive.
FYR Estimated investment needs between 2007 and 2011 are EUR 1.127 billion. Of this, EUR 5 million
Macedonia are allocated to air quality directives; EUR 572 million to the IPPC Directive; and EUR 550 million
to the LCP Directive.
Kosovo (as defined
under UNSCR 1244)
Estimated investment needs between 2009 and 2012 are EUR 1.075 million.
Montenegro Estimated investment needs up to 2012 are EUR 12.96 million.
Source: REC survey, 2009
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