Voluntary instruments

Daniel Hajek

1. Environmental labelling

2. EMAS

3. Cleaner productions

4. Green public procurement

5. Voluntary agreements

Voluntary instruments

Ecolabelling – I. type

• The National Programme for Labelling Environmentally friendly products and services Government Decision No. 159/1993

• Programme of EU Ecolabel Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 in the Czech

Republic.

Coexistence of the Programmes

• Based on same principals – ISO 14024

• Same procedures of awarding process

• Harmonization of criteria wherever it is possible

• Manufacturers can gain both the (Environmentally Friendly Product / Service) and the EU Ecolabel (The Flower)

Involved institutions• Ministry of the Environment guarantor of the program overall design and management, coherence with other policies publication of the newly approved technical guidelines / criteria final approval and signature

• CENIA – Ecolabelling agency ensure the preparation and processing of criteria registers and handles registration of applicants provides applicants and other interested parties information

support system keep a register of experts and specialized habitats, authorized

and accredited testing laboratories

• Others Czech Environmental Inspectorate universities laboratories and technical institutes

Awarding process

Applicant CENIA

MoE

Send Application letter/ On-line form

Submit all relevant documents

Pay fee(s)

Check conformity with criteria

Help applicant

Send a final report and certificate

Send / give a signed certificate

Sign a contract

Other activities

1. Promotional activities public survey

new web site

project from „ Swiss-Czech Cooperation Programme“

new promotional documents

2. Strategic discussion

Ecolabelling The development of the directives, companies and licenses

EcolabellingThe development of the companies and licenses – EU Ecolabel in the CZ

Ecolabelling – II. and III. type

• National Program of Environmental labelling Government Decision No. 26 and 356/2007

• Self-declared environmental claims

• Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

Involved institutions• Ministry of the Environment guarantor of the program

• CENIA registers and handles registration

• Czech Accreditation Institute National accreditation body - gives accreditation

• „Sectoral operator“ Product Category Rules

• Independent Verifier validate products

Process

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Environmental labelling type II. and III.

• Self-declared environmental claims

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•Environmental Product Declarations

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EPD - activities

•CENDEC - Centre for Environmental Declarations was established (civil association)

•the aim of the Centre is the operation of the EPD and expand the use of the concept of life cycle assessment of environmental impacts

EMAS

• Czech Republic has introduced EMAS through a "national program" in 1998 (now the Government Resolution No 651/2002).

• After joining EU in 2004 – rules are given directly by European legislation, currently Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009.

Involved institutions• Ministry of the Environment guarantor of the program

• CENIA – EMAS agency registers and handles registration

• Czech Environmental Inspectorate gives its position

• Czech Accreditation Institute gives accreditation

• Environmental Verifier – auditor validate companies

EMAS Council

Czech Acreditation Institute

Financial Funds

Czech Environmental Inspectorate

EMAS Agency

OrganizationThe Public

Environmental Verifier

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registration

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Validated Environmental Statement

validation

EMASNumbers of Enterprises

EMAS - activities

• Financial incentive Ministry of the Environment Revolving Fund

(6 projects)

• Legislative incentive Law for public procurement Law on prevention of environmental damage

and its remedy

Cleaner Production

•Cleaner production projects are implemented in the Czech Republic since the early nineties of the last century.

•Cleaner production was formally established by signing the International Declaration on Cleaner Production in the 1998 and the establishment of National Cleaner Production Programme (Government Resolution No. 165/2000).

Cleaner Production

Cleaner Production

•National Cleaner Production Programme was enrolled by one hundred companies,

•Subjects can use the services of 60 trained consultants.

•(The total number of projects, including unregistered companies, applying cleaner production is higher)

Green public procurement

In the next episode (tomorrow)

Voluntary agreements

• Ministry of the Environment signed approximately 40 voluntary agreements

• only 4 or 5 are the true voluntary agreements

• state (MoE) has nothing to offer

• problems with enforceability and the fulfillment of the principles for Agreements

Examples of voluntary agreements

• Agreement with association of laundry detergent producers on the gradual reduction of the impact of laundry detergents on the environment

• Agreement with Czech Dental Chamber on the reduction water pollution by amalgam from health facilities

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