For the purposes of applying Article 28(3)(b) of Directive 77/388/EEC,
Slovakia may maintain an exemption from value added tax on inter-
national transport of passengers, referred to in point 17 of Annex F to
the Directive, until the condition set out in Article 28(4) of the
Directive is fulfilled or for as long as the same exemption is applied
by any of the present Member States, whichever is the earlier.
2.
31992 L 0079: Council Directive 92/79/EEC of 19 October 1992
on the approximation of taxes on cigarettes (OJ L 316, 31.10.1992,
p. 8) as last amended by:
— 32002 L 0010: Council Directive 2002/10/EC of 12.2.2002 (OJ L
46, 16.2.2002, p. 26).
By way of derogation from Article 2(1) of Directive 92/79/EEC,
Slovakia may postpone the application of the overall minimum
excise duty on the retail selling price (inclusive of all taxes) for ciga-
rettes of the price category most in demand until 31 December 2008,
provided that during this period Slovakia gradually adjusts its excise
duty rates towards the overall minimum excise duty provided for in the
Directive.
Without prejudice to Article 8 of Council Directive 92/12/EEC on the
general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the
holding, movement and monitoring of such products (
1
), and having
informed the Commission, Member States may, as long as the above
derogation applies, maintain the same quantitative limits for cigarettes
which may be brought into their territories from Slovakia without
further excise duty payment as those applied to imports from third
countries. Member States making use of this possibility may carry out
the necessary checks provided that these checks do not affect the
proper functioning of the internal market.
(
1
) OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/47/EC
(OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 73).
8. ENERGY
31968 L 0414: Council Directive 68/414/EEC of 20 December 1968
imposing an obligation on Member States of the EEC to maintain
minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products (OJ L 308,
23.12.1968, p. 14), as last amended by:
— 31998 L 0093: Council Directive 98/93/EC of 14.12.98 (OJ L 358,
31.12.1998, p. 100).
By way of derogation from Article 1(1) of Directive 68/414/EEC, the
minimum level of stocks of petroleum products shall not apply in
Slovakia until 31 December 2008. Slovakia shall ensure that its
minimum level of stocks of petroleum products corresponds, for
each of the categories of petroleum products listed in Article 2, to at
least the following number of days' average daily internal consumption
as defined in Article 1(1):
— 47 days by the date of accession;
— 55 days by 31 December 2004;
— 64 days by 31 December 2005;
— 73 days by 31 December 2006;
— 82 days by 31 December 2007;
— 90 days by 31 December 2008.
9. ENVIRONMENT
A. AIR QUALITY
31994 L 0063: European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC
of 20 December 1994 on the control of volatile organic compound
(VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its
distribution from terminals to service stations (OJ L 365, 31.12.1994,
p. 24).
1.
By way of derogation from Article 3 and Annex I of Directive
94/63/EC, the requirements for existing storage installations at
terminals shall not apply in Slovakia:
— until 31 December 2004 to 41 storage installations with a
throughput loaded greater than 50 000 tonnes/year;
— until 31 December 2007 to 26 storage installations with a
throughput loaded less than 25 000 tonnes/year.
2.
By way of derogation from Article 4 and Annex II of Directive
94/63/EC, the requirements for loading and unloading equipment at
terminals shall not apply in Slovakia:
— until 31 December 2004 to 3 terminals with a throughput greater
than 150 000 tonnes/year;
— until 31 December 2007 to 5 terminals with a throughput less
than 150 000 tonnes/year.
3.
By way of derogation from Article 5 of Directive 94/63/EC, the
requirements for existing mobile containers at terminals shall not apply
in Slovakia until 31 December 2007 to 74 road tankers.
4.
By way of derogation from Article 6 and Annex III of Directive
94/63/EC, the requirements for loading into existing storage instal-
lations at service stations shall not apply in Slovakia:
— until 31 December 2004 to 226 service stations with a throughput
greater than 1000 m
3
/year;
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— until 31 December 2007 to a further 116 service stations with a
throughput greater than 500 m
3
/year;
— until 31 December 2007 to a further 24 service stations with a
throughput equal to or less than 500 m
3
/year.
B. WASTE MANAGEMENT
1.
31993 R 0259: Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of
1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of
waste within, into and out of the European Community (OJ L 30,
6.2.1993, p. 1), as last amended by:
— 32001 R 2557: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2557/2001 of
28.12.2001 (OJ L 349, 31.12.2001, p. 1).
(a) Until 31 December 2011, all shipments to Slovakia of waste for
recovery listed in Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EEC) 259/93
and shipments of waste for recovery not listed in those Annexes
shall be notified to the competent authorities and processed in
conformity with Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Regulation.
(b) By way of derogation from Article 7(4) of Regulation (EEC)
No 259/93, the competent authorities shall object to shipments
of waste for recovery listed in Annexes II, III and IV to the Regu-
lation and shipments of waste for recovery not listed in those
Annexes destined for a facility benefiting from a temporary dero-
gation from certain provisions of Directives 94/67/EC (
1
) on the
incineration of hazardous waste, 96/61/EC (
2
) concerning integrated
pollution control, 2000/76/EC (
3
) on the incineration of waste, and
2001/80/EC (
4
) on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants
into the air from large combustion plants, during the period in
which the temporary derogation is applied to the facility of desti-
nation.
2.
31994 L 0062: European Parliament and Council Directive
94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
(OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10).
By way of derogation from Article 6(1)(a) of Directive 94/62/EC,
Slovakia shall attain the overall recovery targets for the following
packaging materials by 31 December 2007 in accordance with the
following intermediate targets:
— recycling of metals: 7 % by weight by the date of accession, 9 % for
2004, 11 % for 2005 and 13 % for 2006;
— overall recovery target: 34 % by weight by the date of accession,
39 % for 2004, 43 % for 2005 and 47 % for 2006.
C. WATER QUALITY
1.
31984 L 0156: Council Directive 84/156/EEC of 8 March 1984
on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by sectors
other than the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry (OJ L 74, 17.3.1984,
p. 49), as last amended by:
— 31991 L 0692: Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23.12.1991 (OJ L
377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).
By way of derogation from Article 3 and Annex I of Directive
84/156/EEC, the limit values for discharges of mercury and
benzopyrene into the waters referred to in Article 1 of Directive
76/464/EEC (
5
) on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances
discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community, shall not
apply until 31 December 2006 to the Novácke chemické závody, a.s.
in Nováky, Slovakia.
2.
31986 L 0280: Council Directive 86/280/EEC of 12 June 1986
on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain
dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Directive
76/464/EEC (OJ L 181, 4.7.1986, p. 16), as last amended by:
— 31991 L 0692: Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23.12.1991 (OJ L
377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).
By way of derogation from Article 3 and Annex II of Directive
86/280/EEC, the limit values for discharges of tetrachlorthylene, trich-
lorethylene and tetrachlormethane into the waters referred to in Article
1 of Directive 76/464/EEC (
5
) on pollution caused by certain dangerous
substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community,
shall not apply until 31 December 2006 to Duslo, a.s. in Šal'a,
Slovakia.
3.
31991 L 0271: Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991
concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40),
as amended by:
— 31998 L 0015: Commission Directive 98/15/EC of 27.2.1998 (OJ
L 67, 7.3.1998, p. 29).
By way of derogation from Articles 3, 4 and 5(2) of Directive
91/271/EEC, the requirements for collecting systems and treatment
of urban waste water shall not fully apply in Slovakia until
31 December 2015 in accordance with the following intermediate
targets:
— by 31 December 2004, compliance with the Directive shall be
achieved for 83 % of the total biodegradable load;
— by 31 December 2008, compliance with the Directive shall be
achieved for 91 % of the total biodegradable load;
— by 31 December 2010, compliance with the Directive shall be
achieved for agglomerations with a population equivalent of
more than 10 000;
— by 31 December 2012, compliance with the Directive shall be
achieved for 97 % of the total biodegradable load.
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