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IMPEL, the European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law, is an international association of environmental authorities in Europe. The network is committed to contribute to a more effective application of EU environmental law by capacity buiding, awareness raising, sharing good practices, providing guidance and tools, enforcement cooperation and giving feed back to lawmakers and regulators on the practicability and enforceability of environmental legislation.

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General 24 Jan 2012

New Chair for EP Environment Committee

It was announced on Monday that the new Chair of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee would be German S&D MEP, Matthias Groote. Other changes of relevance for IMPEL is the change to the Chair of the Industry Committee who will now be Amalia Sartori (EPP, Italy).

General 15 Jan 2012

“Waste – a short cut to job creation and lower costs,” says European Commission

A European Commission press release says that: “Full implementation of EU waste legislation would save €72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by €42 billion and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020″. This is the conclusion of a report published by the European Commission on the [...]