Western Balkans Environment Programe

During three weeks, there was a workshop aimed at strengthening the capacity of experts / decision makers / institutions on the topic "EU legislation in the field of water and a draft of the technical work" Regulation of the priority substances that affect surface water pollution.Three-day workshop held on 13, 14 and 16 July 2009 in Belgrade on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the requirements related to priority substances and priority hazardous substances was attended by about thirty participants. On the first day, there was general discussion of the Water Framework Directive, the second day of the workshop, the discussion was related to the priority pollutants and Directive 2008/105/EC while the discussion on the third day of the workshop was fully dedicated to the draft bylaw and additional technical details of the draft, regulating the quality of surface water in relation to priority substances. The draft bylaw is, in accordance with the comments of participants and in cooperation with the department for the protection of water and soil, prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning in the form of technical reports on the further procedure of bylaw adoption.