Verificatorii rapoartelor de emisii a GEF – o nouă instituție juridică în dreptul mediului al Republicii Moldova

Abstract

In the scope of implementation of the RM-EU Association Agreement and in conformity with para 97 of their National Action Plan, as well as for the fulfillment of the arrangements taking into account the new RM status of the EU candidate country, in order to reduce GHG emissions in a cost-effective and efficient way, it is necessary to accelerate the harmonization of national legislation with that of the EU standards, inclusive over the existing instruments for mitigating climate change, in particular, some provisions of Directive 2003/87/EC . The elaboration and approval of a special Regulation, an effective regulatory framework will be created to regulate the process of verifying the reports of an installation operator, that generates GHG emissions, presented to the environmental authority, which must become an efficient and reliable tool in support of the control procedures and assurance of quality information provided on GHG emissions. At the same time, the requirement of reliability, established with regard to institutions, can be violated by the operator, and the information included in the report may contain inaccuracies, irregularities and material non-conformities, the need to create a new legal institution is imposed- that of the report verifier submitted to facility operators, who must carry out the verification in the public interest, be impartial and independent of the operator or aircraft operator, as well as the responsible competent authorities.