OECD: Integrated Environmental permitting Guidelines for EECCA Countries (2005)
The Integrated Environmental Permitting Guidelines for EECCA Countries aim to facilitate each country’s reform efforts. They include strategic and procedural guidance for EECCA environmental authorities in designing an effective and transparent integrated permitting system for large industry while simplifying the permitting regime for smaller polluters. The Guidelines focus on the best practices in permitting that could become targets for relevant regulatory and institutional reforms in the EECCA region. This document builds on the “Review of Environmental Permitting Systems in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia” (EAP Task Force, 2003) which describes in detail the existing permitting systems in the region. The development and publication of the Guidelines represent a crucial part of the work programme of the EECCA regional Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN). The Guidelines were prepared by the network’s Secretariat located in the Environment Directorate of the OECD in close collaboration with EECCA country experts. The work was carried out under the umbrella of the Task Force for the Implementation of Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe (EAP Task Force) as part of the implementation of the EECCA Environmental Strategy.