Podgorica, (MINA) – By adopting amendments to the Law on Climate Change and the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment in the Parliament, a significant step has been taken towards improving the legislative framework, aligning national with European regulations and ensuring the sustainable development of infrastructure systems, said Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Development of the North, Damjan Culafic.

He said that the amendments to the Law on Climate Change confirm Montenegro’s strategic commitment to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, in line with the EU policies and the Regulation on establishing a framework for achieving climate neutrality.

Culafic especially thanked MPs Dejan Djurovic and Momcilo Lekovic for their initiatives to harmonize the Law on Climate Change with the European legal acquis, emphasizing that such initiatives by MPs represent an important contribution to the European integration process and the improvement of the legislation in the field of environmental protection.

Speaking about the amendment to the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment, Culafic said that the adopted amendment ensures full harmonization of national legislation with the EU Directive on environmental impact assessment of certain public and private projects.

He also said that the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Regional Water Supply for the Montenegrin Coastal Region received the green light from the competent committee and is now awaiting its adoption in the Parliament.

“With this set of laws, we are entering the final phase of meeting the benchmarks under Chapter 27, and I am sure that by the year we will see the closure of the most demanding chapter”, Culafic concluded.