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1 st WorkshopXIII International Feed Technology SymposiumThe Law on Chemicals prescribes that chemicals are manufactured, imported, and usedin the way that is safe for human health and the environment. The main objective of thisLaw is safe placing of chemical products on the market with provision of a high level ofprotection of human health and the environment. A specific objective is improvement ofsafety in trade with chemicals with other countries. [17]The Parliament also passed the Law on Air Protection that sets froth the measures ofprotection of quality of air and reduction of emission of substances with negative effecton health. [25]They also enacted the Law on Nature Protection that prescribes the protection of naturalresources, setting up of the system of monitoring of natural values and protected naturalproperties. It also defines protection of nature and landscapes in spatial plans andplanning documentation, passing of programmes of management with natural resourcesand raising of awareness on the need for nature protection in the education process. [23]The Parliament also enacted the Law on Protection Against Noise in the Environmentthat sets forth the measures for prevention and reduction of harmful effects of noise onhuman health and the environment. The elaboration of strategic noise maps at the levelof Serbia, autonomous province and local self-government unit is the novelty containedin the Law, along with the elaboration of action plans that should define measures forreduction of exposure to noise. [20]The Law on Fish Fund Protection and Sustainable Use has also been enacted and itregulates the preservation and protection, as well as catching, use and trade with fish.[22]The Law on Waste Management should prevent inadequate waste handling, which is oneof the largest environmental problems in Serbia. This Law, which is harmonised with theEuropean legislation, sets up an integrated waste management aimed at creating theconditions for reduction of waste generation, and development of cleaner technologies.[19]The Law on Packing Material Waste sets forth the establishment of environmentalprotection standards that packing material needs to satisfy, but it also creates conditionsfor an integrated management with packing material and waste originating from packingmaterial. [15]Through changes and amendments, the Parliament passed the Rotterdam Convention onpermit issuing procedure based on previous information for certain hazardous chemicalsand pesticides in international trade, as well as the amendments to the Annex B of theKyoto Protocol accompanying the Framework Convention of Climate Change.INSTEAD OF THE CONCLUSIONThe evaluation of overall benefit from transposing and implementation of theEnvironmental Acquis is based on analyses of changes in pollution that could beattributed to harmonisation with the Directives and effects on recipients (e.g. health ofthe population, environmental amenities, and values and productivity of naturalresources). The benefits from harmonisation with the EU Directives also contains thenon-economic benefits, in particular the protection of sensitive eco-systems andbiodiversity, as well as non-ecological benefits such as the increase in economicactivities connected with the building and other works on infrastructure necessary in340