Project funded by the European Union
Projekat finansira Evropska unija
Terms of Reference (TOR) for a Short term assignment
Technical assistance requested: Two (2) Senior Experts on Emergency Oil Stockholding
The project
Title:
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Main beneficiary:
Policy and Legal Advice Centre (PLAC), Serbia
EuropeAid/131430/C/SER/RS
European Integration Office of the Republic of Serbia (SEIO)
Financing institution:
European Union
Budget Line / Expert Category:
Non Key Short-Term Senior Experts
Team Leader:
Marija Pejčinović Burić
Project background and description PLAC (scope of the work)
The scope of this assignment is to assist the Project in its objective to improve the current system for legal
approximation process and the level of harmonisation of the national legislation with the EU acquis, thus
contributing to a fundamental element of the EU integration process. Further improvement of the European
integration structures, including in key line ministries, strengthening verification of the compatibility of government
policies and draft legislation with the acquis and EU integration requirements, improving legislation quality,
and enhancing cooperation among line institutions are key priorities. The project will assess and enhance the
concrete and systemic integration of the transposed acquis in the national legislative framework. To that regard, line
institutions at Government central level and the Parliament will be involved through specific assistance. When a
plan or a strategy for harmonisation is developed, the project will contribute implementing it. The sustainability of
results, including ensuring the necessary capacities for implementation and follow-up, will be specifically in focus.
The PLAC project should achieve three results:
RESULT 1 Strengthened structures related to harmonization and approximation of national legislation with EU
legislation, including mechanisms for consultation of relevant external stakeholders
RESULT 2 Compatibility of national legislation with EU legislation improved through preparation of relevant draft
laws
RESULT 3 Enhanced capacities of the relevant institutions (in particular SEIO, the Secretariat for Legislation, the
General Secretariat and line ministries) for harmonization of Serbian legislation with the EU acquis and
implementation of national legislation.
Projekat sprovodi
Project implemented by
EuropeAid/131430/C/SER/RS
Service contract No. 2013/321-910
Project funded by the European Union
Projekat finansira Evropska unija
Description of the assignment
Title:
Two (2) Senior Experts on Emergency Oil Stockholding
Brief description of the assignment:
In December 2013, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Commodity Reserves Law (Official
Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 104/13). By adopting such legislation, the Republic of Serbia has transposed
the most relevant provisions of the Directive 2009/119/EC on emergency oil stocks. However, in order to complete
the transposition of the Directive 2009/119/EC, several regulations and by-laws should be adopted by the
Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Mining and Energy.
By July 2014, most of secondary legislation relevant for establishment of emergency oil stocks has been drafted and
such legislation should be adopted in September/October 2014.
Furthermore, Emergency Response Plan to be adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia as prescribed
under Article 31 of the Commodity Reserves Law is to lay out the procedures and actions to be undertaken by the
main stakeholders in Serbia during an oil supply crisis. It is meant to serve as a point of reference regarding the main
principles and strategies related to emergency oil response, and to establish a common understanding of the roles
and responsibilities of each stakeholder.
Due to the Plan’s relevance and complexity, the Outline of the Emergency Response Plan shall be drafted. The
purpose of this Outline draft is to serve as the basis for developing a full draft of the Emergency Response Plan. This
document should be structured as the proposed layout for the Plan, describing the main topic areas to be covered
and including key issues which are to be further developed under each area.
The Outline draft shall be jointly prepared by two Experts, one with detailed experience in operational functioning of
an emergency oil stockholding system and the other with the detailed experience in operational functioning of
emergency oil response policies and procedures of European Commission or International Energy Agency (IEA).
At present, there is no on-going and/or planned assistance in the area covered by this ToR.
Number of required experts:
Two (2) Non-Key Short Term Senior Experts on Emergency Oil
Stockholding
Duration of the assignment:
Expert 1: up to a total of 10 working days
Expert 2: up to a total of 10 working days
Period of the assignment:
September-November 2014
Place of assignment:
Belgrade, Serbia
Working language:
English
Projekat sprovodi
Project implemented by
EuropeAid/131430/C/SER/RS
Service contract No. 2013/321-910
Project funded by the European Union
Projekat finansira Evropska unija
Expert 1 Activities:
 Meetings with the representatives from the Ministry of Mining and Energy; Directorate for Commodity Reserves;
Ministry of Finance; Customs and Tax authorities; Energy Regulatory Agency; Statistical Office; Serbian oil
industry and other relevant stakeholders as needed;
 Close co-operation with other expert and with the representatives from the relevant state authorities of Republic
of Serbia;
 Drafting the Outline of the Emergency Response Plan prescribed under Article 31 of the Commodity Reserves
Law (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 104/13). The Outline should be structured as the proposed
layout for the Emergency Response Plan, describing the main topic areas to be covered and including key issues
which are to be further developed under each area. Key areas will include:
- key actors in oil crisis response and their responsibilities,
- internal procedures for determining the need to activate emergency measures,
- actions to be taken in oil crisis in cooperation with the domestic oil industry,
- procedures for drawing down emergency oil stocks,
- procedures to be followed in internationally coordinated emergency response actions in case of oil crisis and
process of gathering and disseminating emergency oil data collection [to be drafted by Expert 2].
Expert 2 Activities:
 Close co-operation with other project expert and with the representatives from the relevant state authorities of
Republic of Serbia;
 Present operational functioning and key issues of internationally coordinated emergency oil response actions in
meetings with the representatives from the Ministry of Mining and Energy; Directorate for Commodity Reserves;
Statistical Office; Serbian oil industry and other relevant stakeholders as needed;
 Present and promote familiarization among representatives of the relevant state authorities on emergency oil data
gathering procedures and reporting requirements under an internationally coordinated emergency oil response
action;
 Draft procedures to be followed in internationally coordinated emergency response actions and in fulfilling
relevant reporting obligations under Directive 2009/119/EC as necessary for drafting of Outline of the Emergency
Response Plan prescribed under Article 31 of the Commodity Reserves Law (Official Gazette of the Republic of
Serbia, No. 104/13) [Outline to be drafted by Expert 1].
Related outputs – Expert 1:
 Outline of the Emergency Response Plan prescribed by the Article 31 of the Commodity Reserves Law (Official
Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 104/13) drafted.
Related outputs – Expert 2:
 Procedures to be followed in internationally coordinated emergency oil response actions drafted and included in
draft Outline of Emergency Response Plan prescribed by the Article 31 of the Commodity Reserves Law (Official
Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 104/13).
Projekat sprovodi
Project implemented by
EuropeAid/131430/C/SER/RS
Service contract No. 2013/321-910
Project funded by the European Union
Projekat finansira Evropska unija
Expert 1 Profile
Qualifications and skills
 University degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of three years study in a
university or equivalent institution) in Law, Engineering, Economics or Finance;
 Fluency in English;
 Computer literacy;
 Good communication skills;
 Fluency in Serbian will be an advantage.
General professional experience
 Proven minimum 10 years of professional postgraduate experience in energy sector in an EU Member State
or candidate/potential candidate country or international organization.
Specific professional experience
 Minimum 5 years of professional postgraduate experience in the area of policy-making and legal drafting on
emergency oil stockholding in an EU Member State, candidate or potential candidate country;
 Experience in drafting emergency response plan in accordance with EU Directive on emergency oil
stockholding;
 Experience in operational functioning of an emergency oil stockholding system.
 Experience in transposition of the EU acquis on emergency oil stockholding in an EU Member State,
candidate or potential candidate country will be an advantage;
Expert 2 Profile
Qualifications and skills
 University degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of three years study in a
university or equivalent institution) in Law, Engineering, Economics or Finance;
 Fluency in English;
 Computer literacy;
 Good communication skills.
General professional experience
 Proven minimum 10 years of professional postgraduate experience in energy sector in an EU Member State
or candidate/potential candidate country or international organization.
Specific professional experience
 Minimum 5 years of professional postgraduate experience in the area of emergency oil response polices
and stockholding requirements of EU Member States;
 Experience in emergency oil response system and strategies of the European Commission or International
Energy Agency (IEA);
 Experience in working with IEA on emergency oil response policy and conducting EU Member State review
on emergency preparedness will be an advantage.
Projekat sprovodi
Project implemented by
EuropeAid/131430/C/SER/RS
Service contract No. 2013/321-910
Project funded by the European Union
Projekat finansira Evropska unija
Applications (EU format CV and application letter, both in English) need to be submitted by e-mail to
mbayard@dmiassociates.com with a copy to nderxen@dmiassociates.com not later than 17:00 hrs, 12th September
2014, titled:
Application for the position:
– Senior Expert on Emergency Oil Stockholding – Expert 1
Senior Expert on Emergency Oil Stockholding – Expert 2
References must be available on request. Only candidates with a correct CV will receive a confirmation on receipt of
their application. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
The Project is an equal opportunity employer that encourages applications from women and minorities.
All applications will be considered strictly confidential.
Advertised post is not available to civil servants or other officials of the public administration in the beneficiary
country, Serbia.
For more information, please contact Marion Bayard, project manager, DMI: mbayard@dmiassociates.com / +33 4
72 00 35 90
Projekat sprovodi
Project implemented by
EuropeAid/131430/C/SER/RS
Service contract No. 2013/321-910