OECD Environmental Performance Reviews

Foreword
 Preface
 Table of contents
 General notes
 Executive summary
 Part I Sustainable development
 Chapter 1 Developments since the 2002 review
 1. Main features of economic and social development in the review period
 1.1. Economic development
 Industry
 Agriculture
 Table 1.1. Socio-economic trends and environmental pressures
 Energy
 1.2. Social development
 2. Key environmental pressures
 Box 1.1. Physical context
 Nature and biodiversity
 Air pollution
 Greenhouse gas emissions1
 Figure 1.1. Selected environmental indicators 3. Framework for environmental and sustainable development3.1. Institutional framework
 3.2. Strategic framework
 4. Key environmental and sustainable development initiatives
 4.1. Environmental initiatives
 Air and climate
 Biodiversity
 4.2. Initiatives integrating environmental concerns into sectoral policies
 Energy and transport
 Agriculture
 Environmental, social and regional policy integration
 Notes
 Selected sources
 Chapter 2 Greening growth
 Assessment and recommendations
 Recommendations
 1. The environment as a driver of economic growth
 Figure 2.1. Economic structure and trends Role of EU accession in integrating environmental concerns in institutions and policiesBox 2.1. Car-scrapping programmes in Slovakia
 2. Environmental expenditure and financing
 Figure 2.2. Environmental protection expenditure
 Financing environmental protection
 Figure 2.3. EU funds for environmental investments
 3. Environmentally related taxes
 Figure 2.4. Environmentally related taxes
 Taxes on energy products
 Figure 2.5. Road fuel prices and taxes
 Other environmentally related charges and taxes
 Tax expenditure and subsidies
 Subsidies to energy
 Subsidies to transport Figure 2.6. Subsidies and performance of rail public transport4. Promoting eco-innovation and environment-friendly products
 Innovation and eco-innovation policy frameworks
 Research and industrial performance
 Environment-related R 5. Regional disparities
 Table 2.1. Selected regional indicators in the Slovak Republic, 2009
 Notes
 Selected sources
 Chapter 3 Implementation of environmental policies
 Assessment and recommendations
 Cross-cutting issues
 Recommendations
 Air, water, waste and biodiversity
 Air management
 Nature and biodiversity
 Recommendations 1. Strengthening the environmental policy mix1.1. Reforming administrative instruments and institutions
 Development of the legal framework
 Reforming environmental standards, permitting and licensing
 Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment
 Box 3.1. Environmental impact assessment of the Mochovce nuclear power plant
 Reforming environmental institutions
 1.2. Fostering compliance
 Compliance monitoring
 Figure 3.1. Number of inspections and follow-up actions carried out by the Slovak Environmental Inspectorate, 2000-09
 Non-compliance responses