Prevention of the environmental risks fostering implementation of the reach regulation in the Republic of Serbia

Abstract

The chemical industry has a great importance in implementation the sustainable development strategy. The environmental protection from different risks from the mining and metallurgical industry, in which the use of chemical is the basic precondition for production, is the primary goal in the EU and Serbia, also. The European Commission's specific Chemical Strategy (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals-REACH) legislation is the one among many of the most important environmental regulations. Hence, is it an urgent need of policy makers in Serbia and all stakeholders to understand how the future REACH implementation could prevent ecological risks in the mining industry and strengthening economy? Hence, this is the topic of this paper. Conclusion of the work presents the recommendations that have been given as a result of performed analysis. It is clear at the end that REACH could mitigate the ecological risks in mining and metallurgy, and improve competitiveness of the Serbian chemical industry on the EU market.

Incommensurate environmental risks and the regulator’s dilemma in the governance of emergency situation

“…Management of contaminated sites is a tiered process starting with a preliminary survey searching for sites that are likely to be contaminated, followed by doing site investigations where the actual extent of contamination is, defining its environmental impacts, and finally implementing remedial and after care measures (Radović & Rakić, 2013). The implementation of such activities in Serbia are still far from objectives, and they are evaluated as insufficient in numerous official reports and scientific researches, due to many objective and subjective reasons.…”