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The main objective of this paper is to determine the level of relevance of the economic development and the level of pollution of thirteen states that joined the European Union (EU) in the last three enlargement rounds (2004, 2007, and 2013), with the length of transitional periods, i.e. the number of regulations that have agreed transitional periods. The initial assumption is that the level of economic development of countries joining the EU and the level of pollution are affecting the length of transitional periods and the number of regulations that are agreed upon transitional periods. Accordingly, the paper points to the level of economic development (measured by GDP) and the level of pollution (emissions measured by CO2/pc and CO2/gdp). All the states are grouped into five regional groups (Mediterranean, Central Europe, the Baltics, South-East Europe and the member states of the former Yugoslavia) . Separate part of the paper analyzes in detail the types of regulations relating to the agreed transitional periods, and the number and length of transitional periods that are contracted by the states of the five groups. For the analysis we used the transitional periods in the field of energy, environment and transport, given their potential importance for CO2 emissions. The final part of the paper analyses perceived relevance between the level of economic development, levels of pollution, the length of transitional periods and the number of regulations that are agreed upon transitional periods.

The paper emphasizes the most important global problems in the field of the environmental protection in the context of the debate about the importance of the participation of the local self-governments in addressing those. The paper points out to the fact that the Republic of Serbia harmonized the national environmental legislation with the EU legislation as a part of the European Integration process of the Republic of Serbia. This process included the transfer of a significant part of the work in the environmental field (including activities related to global environmental issues) to be carried out by the local self-government. These are the following issues: climate change, protection of the biodiversity, forest resources management, sustainable use and management of water resources, waste management. This paper identifies how the RS regulations transferred jurisdiction on environmental responsibilities to the local self-government. The paper also refers to the national regulations in the field of the environment in which the local self-government has been made competent for the activities related to the global environmental problems and the question of the capacity of the local self-government to implement these regulations.

The main aim of this paper is twofold: to analyze the effects of the tariff systems in municipal waste management in the West Balkans countries and to propose possible directions in their reforms. It is concluded that tariff systems in the analyzed countries are, in the conceptual sense weaker that the one set up in the European Union, that these countries have been striving to join. As a result, in the period 2000-2008, only in Europe, in the West Balkan countries , took place increasing waste generationed per capita. The following measures are proposed: tariff reform transition in accordance with the polluter pays principle; the set of economic instruments for realization of that aim are also identified: contribution to complete the existing environment law regulations using Serbian's example is given. .

The use of hydropower potential in the Republic of Serbia is dependent on the demand for electricity and implies meeting the basic and special needs for energy, certainty of delivery to the consumers, attaining lower prices, aligning the development of the energy sector and economic and societal development and rational production, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. By establishing a specific public-private partnership model (PPP) the water sector can use the renewable potential of the amounts and quality of water and manage its water resources to gain indirect, induced and direct supply that may impact the private energy efficiency and that meets ever growing demand of the energy sector, that is their supply in the energy market. Today's conditions under which the water sector is functioning and the attitude towards energy demands need to be changed by establishing a relationship between the public and the private domains in accordance with the principles and requirements that apply on PPP and under conditions that are based on the national and EU legislation.