MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

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MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SLOVAK
REPUBLIC
The Slovakian experience in acceding to the
Industrial Accidents Convention Tomas
Trcka Erevan, Armenia 13-15 March 2003
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Area 49 035 km2 Population 5,403 mil. Capitol
Bratislava Inhabitants 453 000 1. January
1993
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(No Transcript)
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Since 1996 - New or amended acts

• Act on civil protection of the population (1994)
• Act on labour safety and protection of
  occupational health (2001)
• Act on chemical substances and chemical
  preparations (2002)
• Act on protection against fire (2002)
• Act on integrated rescue system (2002)
• Act on the prevention of major industrial
  accidents (2002)

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Main pillars of the Convention

• Act on civil protection of the population (1994)
• Act on integrated rescue system (2002)
• Act on the prevention of major industrial
  accidents - SEVESO II (2002)
• Mutual assistance - bilateral agreements

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Act on civil protection of the population
Stipulates - conditions for an effective
protection of life, health and property against
the consequences of extraordinary events, - tasks
and activities of state administration bodies,
municipalities, - rights and duties of natural
and legal persons in provision of civil
protection of the population
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Act on integrated rescue system
Stipulates -organisation of the integrated
rescue system, -competences and tasks of
state administration authorities and rescue units
within the framework of the integrated rescue
system, -rights and duties of municipalities and
other legal persons, natural persons entitled to
enterprising and other natural persons, at
co-ordination of activities related to provision
of assistance, if a life, health, property or the
environment is imminently endangered.
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Act on the prevention of major industrial
accidents (Seveso II)
Stipulates -procedure for the prevention of
major industrial accidents at establishments
handling selected dangerous substances,
-readiness for defeating such accidents, should
they occur, -as well as to limit their
consequences for human life and health, the
environment and property.
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Practical steps to ratification of Convention

• Analytical paper
• Internal comment proceedings
• Operational session of the Minister
• Inter-department comment proceeding
• Governmental council for legislation

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Future steps to be done

• Governmental session
• Committees of parliament
• Plenary session of the parliament
• Signing the instrument of ratification

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Basic regulating documents

• Constitution
• General provisions on concluding and
  implementation of international treaties
• Methodical instruction for preparation and
  submission of materials for the governmental
  session
• Legislative rules of the government

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The time progress

• Analytical paper
  (1.Aug.-10.Oct. 2002)
• Internal comment proceedings
  (18.-24.Oct.2002)
• Operational session of the Minister
  (21.Nov.2002)
• Inter-department comment proceeding
  (29.Nov.-12.Dec.2002)
• Governmental council for legislation (18.Feb.2003)

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Thank you for your

• attention

Contacts Tel [phone] e-mail
trcka.tomas_at_enviro.gov.sk