Danube River District Part B - Report 2003 ROMANIA Information required according to Art. 3 (8) and Annex I of the EU Water Framework Directive Reporting deadline: June 22, 2004 Prepared by National Administration Apele Române Mai 2004
Table of Contents Information required according to Art. 3 (8) and Annex I WFD 1 INTRODUCTION... 3 1.1 Situation of the Romania... 3 1.2 Structure of the report... 3 2 COMPETENT AUTHORITY... 4 3 GEOGRAFICAL COVERAGE OF THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN DISTRICT... 6 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP TO ENSURE COORDINATION... 7 4.1 General overview... 7 4.2 Coordination of WFD implementation at the basin-wide level... 7 4.3 Bilateral and multilateral cooperation... 8
2 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Situation of the Romania Romania has 237,391 Km 2 and a population of about 21,794,793 inhabitants and it is situated in the Danube River in 97.4% proportion (Fig. 1), which represents 29% from its entire surface. The Danube River, which has 37.7% of its length on Romanian territory, it is the collector and the outlet of all users from riverine countries to Black Sea, affecting the water quality in Danube Delta and also the Black Sea coastal area. A large number of upper and middle water courses are situated on the Romanian territory and the Tisa, Prut and Danube Rivers are forming parts of Romanian border. Romania has a hydrographic network consisting of 78,905 km of water courses. Water resources from the in-land rivers are about 40 billions m 3 which represents 20% out of Danube River water resources. Romania is relatively poor in water resources, having only 1,840 m 3 of water per inhabitant and year, and from this point of view Romania occupied 13 th place in Europe. Water management has a long tradition in Romania and on a river basin basis since 1965. As far as Romania is in process of accession to European Union, it gives a great attention to realise the River. For this purpose, it has been created within the National Administration Apele Romane an organizational specific structure. 1.2. Structure of the report The Danube River Plan (DRBMP) is divided into two parts. Part A (roof of the DRBMP) gives relevant information of multilateral or basin-wide importance, whereas Part B (national input to DRBMP) gives all relevant further information on the national level as well as information coordinated on the bilateral level Part A Roof report The roof report addresses those issues of Annex I WFD relevant on the basin-wide scale, i.e. information concerning the name and address of the competent authorities, geographical coverage of the Danube river basin district, and international relationships. Part B National report The national report gives all relevant further information on the national level as well as information coordinated on the bilateral level. It addresses all issues listed in Annex I WFD.
3 The information needed to fulfill the requirements of Art. 3(8) and Annex I WFD will be covered in Part A (roof report) and Part B (national reports) as follows: Part A Part B 1. Name and address of the competent authorities X X 2. Geographical coverage of the river basin district X X 3. Legal status of competent authorities X 4. Responsabilities X 5. Membership X 6. International relationship X X The National Report of Romania will include 12, one for each of the hydrographic basins / spaces presented in fig. 2 and table 1, and one for Danube, Delta and coastal waters. Table 1 Hydrographis basins / spaces for elaborations of Nr.crt. s / Areas Surface (Km 2 ) % from Romania surface 1. Somes - Tisa 22.380 9,42 2. Crisuri 14.860 6,30 3. Mures 28.022 11,80 4. Banat 18.611 7,84 5. Jiu 16.734 7,05 6. Olt 24.050 10,13 7. Arges Vedea 22.039 9,28 8. Ialomita Buzau 22.289 9,40 9. Siret 28.678 12,08 10. Prut 20.328 8,56 11. Dobrogea Litoral 12.615 5,31 12. Danube, Delta, coastal waters 8.011 - TOTAL Romania 237.391 100 2. COMPETENT AUTHORITIES Competent authorities to implement the Water Frame Directive in Romania:! MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER MANAGEMENT (MEWM) B-dul Libertăţii, nr. 12, sector 5, cod postal 040129, Bucuresti - România! NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION APELE ROMÂNE Str. Edgar Quinet nr. 6, Sector 1, cod poştal 010018, Bucureşti - România
4 Ministry of Environment and Water (MEWM) established by Government Decision 408/2004, is a structure of Central Public Administration subordinated to Romanian Government, and it is in charge with water and environmental protection policy at national level. Ministry of Environment and Water is in charge with: developing the environmental and water national strategy and policy; issuing normative documents regarding its fields of activity; transposing the communitaire acquis into Romanian legislations; controlling laws and regulations application by physical and juridical persons; issuing environmental permits; prevention of aquatic ecosystems degradation; preserving, protecting and improving environmental status; establishing protection and using regime of water resources. The National Administration Apele Romane, created in 2002 by the Government Decision no.107, is the National Authority, under coordination of the MEWM, and it is in charge with implementation of water management strategy. The National Administration Apele Romane is in charge with: applying the national strategy and policy in the field of water management; water resources and national water infrastructure management; sustainable water management and equitable use of water; issuing water management permits; flood protection and pollutions control. In order to implement the Water Framework Directive in Romania and others directives related to water, it has been created an Interministerial Commission of Waters at the MEWM level, consisting of representatives from ministries, central authorities and National Administration Apele Romane. Interministerial Commission of Waters is managed by a president who is also the Romanian representative to the ICPDR and a secretariat. Interministerial Commission of Waters tasks in WFD implemention field are the following:! elaboration of Action Plan for the implementation of WFD in Romania and looking for its accomplishment;! ensuring the colaboration between WFD involved units and it facilitates exchange of information;! keeping in touch with Water Directors of the European Commission and Water Mangement Expert Group of ICPDR in order to realise a unitary implementation of WFD on Danube River ;! reporting the implemention stage of WFD to ICPDR and European Union Commission;! coordinating the activities and measures from Water Plan which are under incidence of Hydrotechnical Conventions between Romania and neighbouring countries;! giving notice of Romanian Water Plan which is a synthesis of Water on each river basin.
5! asking Ministry of Environment and Water for approval of Romanian Water Plan;! ensuring an unitary implementation of Water Plan regulations through ministries representatives and competent central authorities. Water management specialized institutions (National Institute for Environmental Research and Development ICIM Bucharest, National Institute for Hydrology and Water, Aquaproiect SA, Romanian Institute of Biology, Public Health Institute, Romanian Institute for Marine Research, Research Institute Delta Dunarii ) are making the necessary researches to implement the Directives. National Administration Apele Romane is in charge with: elaboration of Water on river basins and Romanian Water Managemenet Plan; asking the for approval of Water Plan; implementing the other European Directives in the water management field; reporting to Interministerial Commission of Waters about stage of WFD implementation; developing water monitoring activity according to WFD regulations. The Water issued for each river basin will be approved by which is gathering major factors from the water management field: the State, local comunities, water management units, representatives from industry and agriculture, NGO s. In order to accomplish those attributions National Administration Apele Romane has been created within its structure a Department for River and Development and s for in each of its 11 branches 3. GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN DISTRICT The Danube River contains 232,193 km 2 from the Romanian teritory which represents about 97,4% out of Romania surface. The Romanian coastal waters and the basins of tributaries which flows directly to Black Sea were included in the Danube River. Those basins have a surface of 5,198 km 2 It is also included the Danube Black Sea Channelwhich is an artificial channel to discharge some of the Danube water directly to Black Sea. The Romanian coastal waters were included in the DRBD, because the water quality and the morphology of the seashore are substantially influenced by the Danube river. The Romanian coastal waters are delineated at one nautical mile from the coast as defined by Water Law 17/1990 modified by Law 36/2002. The Romanian coastal area of the Black Sea is subject to the erosion processes which in the last two decades have become very active owing mainly to the following:
6! The reduction of the sediments carried by the Danube river into the Black Sea, consequence of their retaining in the reservoirs built on the Danube and on the mainly tributaries;! The reduction of the biogene sediments through the diminishing of the mollusk populations owing to the increase of the pollution of the Black Sea Romanian Coast caused mainly by the input of pollutants transported by the Danube river. The impact of the Danube river on the Romanian coastal area is felt actually on its entire 245 km length. 4. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP TO ENSURE COORDINATION 4.1. General overview Major objectives of international cooperation in water management field are:! Exchange of data and hydrological information with the neighbour countries.! Making concordance of prevention and protection plans related to water hazards: floods, draughts, accidental pollutions.! Issuing Plan for Danube River District.! Common projects and programmes together with international partners.! Experience exchange in water management field. International cooperation in water management field is generally developed by two levels:! Bilateral with neighbour countries;! Regional, specially the Danube cooperation, Black Sea and european level. 4.2. Coordination of WFD implementation at the basin-wide level The Danube River Protection Convention (DRPC) forms the overall legal instrument for cooperation and transboundary water management and it is forming the Roof Report (Part A) of the Danube River Plan. The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River forms the platform for coordination Part B The National Report of Romania as a part of Danube River Plan it is developed by National Administration Apele Romane under coordination of Ministry of Environment and Water (Fig. 3). 4.3. Bilateral and multilateral cooperation The cooperation of Romania with Hungary, Serbia-Montenegro, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine is based on bilateral agreements. Until now the Agreement between
7 Romania and Hungary has been updated in order to accomplish the requirement of Water Frame Directive. Romania Republic of Moldova The legal framework of bilateral co-operation comprises:! Collaboration Agreement between Ministry of Waters, Forests and Environmental Protection from Romania and Environmental Protection Department from Moldavia on environmental protection field and sustainable use of natural resources, signed in 1997 at Bucharest. It is not ratified.! Agreement between National Company Apele Romane and Moldavian Water Concern regarding the water management collaboration of Prut River and Danube River, signed in 1992 at Kishinev.! Agreement between Romanian Government and Moldavian Government on fishing resources co-operation and fishing regulation in Prut river and Stanca-Costesti reservoir. A project of Agreement between Romanian Government and Moldavian Government regarding the co-operation of Prut and Danube river water management is under negotiation and it will include The Operation and Maintenance Regulations for Stanca-Costesti HydrotechnicalSystem. Romania Ukraine In water management field, the collaboration between Romania and Ukraine is based on Agreement between Romanian Government and Ukraine Government regarding transboundary water management co-operation, signed in 1997 at Galati. Furthermore, in 2000 year it was signed The Agreement between Ministers of Environment from Romania, Ukraine and Republic of Moldova regarding the cooperation on Danube Delta and Lower Prut river area. Romania Republic of Hungary In water management field, the collaboration between Romania and Hungary is based on the new Hydrotechnical Agreement, signed in 2003, wich establish an adequate framework for WFD implementation in transboundary sub-basins. Romania State Union of Serbia and Montenegro The relations of Romania with State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in the transboundary water management field is based on the Agreement between Peoples Republic of Romania and Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia regarding hydrotechnical systems and transboundary water issues, signed in 1955 at Bucharest.
8 Romania Bulgaria The Romanian Bulgarian cooperation in the water management field is based on the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romanian Government in the Field of Environmental Protection, signed in Sofia on December 1991. This Convention contains specific provisions regarding the water quality, hydrological and other monitoring and emergency warning related to the Danube River.
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11 European Commission Ministry of Environment and Water The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River Making concordance of plans with neighbour countries Water Directors of the European Union MAFRD, MEC, MAI, MH Interministerial Commission of Waters Secretariat National Administration Apele Romane Division of River and Development Expert Group on Water Specialized institutions: ICIM, Aquaproiect, ICDD, ICPA, ISPB, ICBBIOL, etc. Somes-Tisa Crisuri Mures Banat Jiu Olt Arges-Vedea Ialomita-Buzau Siret Prut Dobrogea-Litoral Somes-Tisa Committe e Crisuri Committe e Mures Committe e Banat Jiu Olt Arges- Vedea Ialomita- Buzau Committe e Siret Prut Dobroge a-litoral Fig. 3. Organizational structure for the implementation of the Water Frame Directive in Romania