Romania’s Road to Accession - The Need for an Environmental Focus

Abbreviations

AQ Air Quality
BAT Best available techniques
BATREF BAT Reference Documents
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CEE Central and Eastern European
DG Directorate General of the European Commission
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EDIS Extended Decentralised Implementation System
EIA Environmental impact assessment
EIB European Investment Bank
EIONET European Environment Information and Observation Network
ELV Emission limit values
EOL End of Life
EPI Environmental Protection Inspectorate (regional-level)
EU European Union
GD Governmental Decision
EUR Euro
GHG Greenhouse gases
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICIM National Research-Development Institute for Environmental Protection
IGC Intergovernmental Conference
IPPC Integrated pollution prevention and control
ISO International Standardisation Organisation
ISPA Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession
LCP Large Combustion Plants
LEAP Local Environmental Action Plan
LIFE The Financial Instrument for the Environment
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
MEUR Million euros
MPA Ministry of Public Administration
MUDP Municipal Utilities Development Programme
MW Mega watt
MWEP Ministry of Water and Environmental Protection
NEAP National Environmental Action Plan
NEPA Proposed National Environmental Protection Agency
NGO Non-governmental organisation
ODS Ozone depleting substances
PHARE Poland and Hungary Assistance to Restructure the Economy
SAPARD Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development
SMTIDP Small & Medium Towns Infrastructure Development Pro-gramme
TAIEX Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office
TEMPUS Higher Education Co-operation Scheme between EU Member States and Partner Countries
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNECE UN Economic Commission for Europe
UWWTD Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
WFD Water Framework Directive