The requirements in terms of waste water discharges do, in the main, conform to the Directive. Progress has also been made on the alignment of bathing water legislation. As regards waste management, the legislation transposing the framework directive is to a large degree already in place. Secondary legislation has been adopted, but serious doubts remain regarding Estonia's implementation capacity. Implementing regulations on hazardous waste, on the list of waste with a view to its recycling and disposal and the Basle Convention have been adopted.
Progress continues on the setting up of the network of waste elimination plants.
Waste disposal sites have been put into operation or reconstructed. In the field of industrial pollution control and risk management, two governmental regulations have been adopted, transposing a substantial part of the Seveso II Directive. All the requirements concerning new large combustion plants have also been transposed. Estonia has identified the plants covered by the IPPC Directive. In the field of air quality protection Estonia is quite advanced in the alignment of legislation.