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    Reference: SG/E/2019/05
    Received Date: 01 April 2019
    Subject: Marišćina County Waste Management Centre
    Complainant: Confidential
    Allegations: Breach of environmental standards
    Type: E - Environmental and social impacts of financed projects
    Suggestions for improvement: no
    Admissibility*
    Assessment*
    Investigation*
    Dispute Resolution*
    Consultation*
    Closed*
    3/04/2019
    29/07/2019
    12/09/2019
    13/09/2019

    * Admissibility date reflects the date the case was officially registered. All other dates pertain to the date in which a stage was completed.

    Case Description

    Complaint

    The complaint concerns exceedance of ambient standards for hydrogen sulphide (H2S), poisonous gas with odour of rotten eggs, near the CWMC Marišćina in Croatia.

    EIB-CM Action

    The EIB-CM analysed the relevant regulatory framework and available monitoring results and requested clarifications from the EIB Group operational services. The EIB-CM reviewed the received information in light of the relevant regulatory framework and prepared the reply to the complainant.

    Conclusion and Recommendation

    The EIB-CM concluded that the reviewed evidence shows that the ambient standards for H2S in the vicinity of the CWMC Marišćina had been breached in the past, but that this issue has since been resolved. In the past: (i) Viškovo-Marišćina monitoring station noted numerous breaches of the ambient standards for H2S; (ii) competent inspection noted higher levels of H2S at the CWMC landfill cell. The competent national environmental inspector set specific measures to remedy the problem. There have not been any recorded breaches of the set ambient standards (daily limit values) for H2S since the completion of the remediation measures in May 2019.

    The EIB-CM concluded that the allegation is ungrounded with respect to the role of the EIB. Once informed of the problem, the EIB maintained regular contact with the competent authorities in Croatia and monitored implementation of the remediation measures and their impact on the ambient standards for H2S in the vicinity of the CWMC. Therefore, the EIB-CM did not make any specific recommendations in this respect.