List of Abbreviations
Foreword

1 Introduction

2 Bulgaria's environmental situation
2.1 Air pollution
2.2 Energy sector
2.3 Water quality
2.4 Waste management
2.5 Nature conservation and soil quality
2.6 Trends

3 Bulgaria's environmental policy
3.1 Strategies and programmes
3.2 Central institutions and players
3.3 Central laws
3.4 Instruments
3.5 Intermediate Conclusions regarding environmental policy

4 Accession strategy: progress and short-comings
4.1 Status of formal legal transposition
4.2 Administrative and economic framework
4.3 Status of practical implementation and enforcement
4.4 Harmonisation status in the various environmental sectors
4.4.1 Horizantal legislation
4.4.2 Air quality control
4.4.3 Waste management
4.4.4 Water quality
4.4.5 Nature conservation
4.4.6 Industrial environmental protection and risk management
4.4.7 Noise protection
4.4.8 Chemicals and genetically modified organisms
4.4.9 Energy / Radioactivity
4.5 Assessment of the accession strategy

5 Conclusion
5.1 Establishment of administrative capacities
5.1.1 Administrative practice
5.1.2 Strengthening administrative structures on the regional and municipal levels
5.2 Horizontal legislation
5.2.1 Environmental impact assessment and IPPC directive
5.2.2 Access to information
5.2.3 Environmental policy strategies
5.3 Sector-specific measures
5.3.1 Air quality control
5.3.2 Water quality control
5.3.3 Waste management

6 Bibliography