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Activities of the Fund The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF) is the central point for collecting and investing extra budgetary resources in the programmes and projects of environmental and nature protection, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources. In the system of management and control of utilisation of EU structural instruments in Croatia, the Fund performs the function of Intermediate Body level 2, for the specific objectives in the field of environmental protection and sustainability of resources, climate change, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. The activities of the Fund comprise the tasks related to financing of the preparation, implementation and development of programmes and projects and similar tasks in the field of conservation, sustainable use, protection and improvement of the environment, and in the field of energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources, and in particular: - Expert and other tasks in relation to the collection, management and utilisation of the Fund’s resources, - Acts as an intermediary in the matters related to the financing of environmental protection and energy efficiency from foreign funds, international organisations, financial institutions and bodies, as well as national and foreign legal and natural persons, - Maintaining the database of programmes, projects and similar activities in the field of environmental protection and energy efficiency, and of the required and available financial resources for their implementation, - Promoting, establishing and carrying out cooperation with international and national financial institutions and other legal and natural persons, for the financing of environmental protection and energy efficiency in accordance with the National Environmental Strategy and the National Environmental Action Plan, the Energy Development Strategy and the Implementation Programme for the Energy Development Strategy, national energy programmes, other programmes and acts in the field of environmental protection and energy efficiency, and international treaties to which the Republic of Croatia is party, for the purposes specified in the provisions of the Act on the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund and - Other tasks related to promoting and financing environmental protection and energy efficiency that are set out in the Statute of the Fund.
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Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost osnovan je na temelju odredbi članka 60. stavka 5. Zakona o zaštiti okoliša (NN 82/94 i 128/99) i članka 11. Zakona o energiji (NN 68/01). Zakon o Fondu za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost objavljen je u "Narodnim novinama" br. 107/03), a primjenjuje se od 01. siječnja 2004. godine. Prema odredbama Zakona o zaštiti okoliša Fond se osniva radi osiguranja dodatnih sredstava za financiranje projekata, programa i sličnih aktivnosti u području očuvanja, održivog korištenja, zaštite i unapređivanja okoliša. Prema odredbama Zakona o energiji Fond se osniva s ciljem sudjelovanja svojim sredstvima u financiranju nacionalnih energetskih programa imajući u vidu postizanje energetske učinkovitosti, odnosno korištenja obnovljivih izvora energije. Prema odredbama Zakona o Fondu za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost Fond je osnovan radi financiranja pripreme, provedbe i razvoja programa, projekata i sličnih aktivnosti u području očuvanja, održivog korištenja, zaštite i unapređivanja okoliša te u području energetske učinkovitosti i korištenja obnovljivih izvora energije. Fond je osnovan kao izvanproračunski Fond u svojstvu pravne osobe i s javnim ovlastima utvrđenim Zakonom. Javne ovlasti odnose se na donošenje upravnih akata u svezi plaćanja naknada i posebne naknade, vođenje očevidnika obveznika plaćanja, propisivanje uvjeta koje moraju ispunjavati korisnici sredstava Fonda i uvjeta za dodjeljivanje sredstava. Na poslovanje Fonda primjenjuju se, pored odredbi Zakona o Fondu za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost, odredbe Zakona o proračunu, Općeg poreznog zakona i Zakona o općem upravnom postupku. Osnivačka prava i dužnosti u ime Republike Hrvatske obavlja Vlada. Fond upravlja i raspolaže sredstvima za poslove i namjene utvrđene Zakonom o Fondu za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost. Fond odgovara za obveze cijelom svojom imovinom. Republika Hrvatska solidarno i neograničeno odgovara za obveze Fonda.