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1 st WorkshopXIII International Feed Technology SymposiumMore and more attention is paid to it and activities are in progress aimed at its protectionand improvement.Requirements and benefits of countries that are potential EUmembers from the aspect of environmental protectionStriving to produce all the larger quantities of material properties, which should satisfythe man’s needs for all the higher standard of living and create the optimum conditionsfor maintaining of health status, modern civilisation also generates large quantities ofwaste materials that have negative impact on the environment degrading it up to such anextent that it becomes harmful to health of people and wildlife. [8]Food industry is a large consumer of technical water. The extraction and separation ofstarch from proteins, which is isolated by means of flushing in the form of gluten inwheat flour in one of about twenty patented ways, requires water quantities that are up to8 times larger on the average compared to quantities of the input raw materials. [6]The presence of about 80% of organic waste in morphological composition of municipalwaste is a large problem. [5]The EU accession imposes a significant task in front of the potential member states,which also implies the transfer of the so-called EU “ecological” Directives into nationallegislation, their implementation, and enforcing. The European legislation in the field ofenvironmental protection (“Environmental acquis”) consists of about 300 Directives andregulations, including the “sister Directives” and amendments. The calculated necessaryinvestments for reaching of standards range from 80 to 120 billion EUR for 13 countriesof central and east Europe (which were the last to join the EU) in environmentalprotection sector alone. In other sectors, the investments necessary for harmonisationwith the EU legislation are also significant. On the other hand, there is an emphasisedlimitation to necessary resources, both financial and administrative ones. The paperpresents some of the aspects of benefits from the EU accession in environmentalprotection sector from the aspect of food-processing industry and key legislation thatrefer to it. Considering the obligations set in front of the potential EU member states bytransferring and implementation of the EU legislation in environmental protection sector,the following requirements are also imposed:Improvement and extending of water supply network aimed at providingnecessary quantity of drinking water for all inhabited areas in the country;Improvement and extending the sewerage and waste water disposal network, aswell as construction of waste water treatment plants;Reduction of emissions of pollutants into air, in particular from large burningplants;Improvement of air quality, in particular in urban centres;Control and prevention of emissions of harmful substances from plants andminimising the risk from occurrence of accidents;Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste from households, industries andmedical institutions;Cleaning of contaminated soil and polluted rivers where water quality is notsatisfactory;335