Germany | IMPEL

Waste Sites II

Number: 2013/19
Status: Running
Period: 2013

This project is based on the experiences derived from the first Waste Sites project of 2011-2012 which confirmed the assumption that in order to control illegal waste exports from the EU more effectively – notably of e-waste and end-of-life vehicles – it is important to target the sources of these waste streams and the “upstream” facilities where the waste is collected, stored and/or treated before the export. Site-oriented policing...
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Lead Country:
Germany

Compliance assurance through company compliance management systems, phase 2

Number: 2013/15
Status: Running
Period: 2013

In many countries industrial companies are supervised by authorities who regularly carry out site inspections and perform other “traditional” compliance checks like assessing emissions reports. But how effective and efficient are these output oriented supervision activities in terms of achieving good compliance with environmental regulation or even environmental performance beyond compliance? Bigger (multinational) companies who have internal environmental and safety management systems in place...
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Lead Country:
Netherlands

Using supply chains to reduce environmental impact

Number: 2013/14
Status: Running
Period: 2013

There is increasing interest in European Union member states in using complementary interventions alongside traditional methods such as environmental inspections to improve the implementation and compliance of environmental legislation and deliver better environmental outcomes. In 2011 IMPEL carried out a project to explore the use and effectiveness of complementary approaches to inspections for ensuring compliance. This project identified the most commonly used approaches in IMPEL members states...
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Lead Country:
UK (England & Wales)

Choosing Appropriate Interventions, phase 2

Number: 2013/13
Status: Running
Period: 2013

There is increasing interest in European Union member states in using complementary interventions alongside traditional methods such as environmental inspections to improve the implementation and compliance of environmental legislation and deliver better environmental outcomes. In 2011, an IMPEL Project was carried out on “Exploring the use and effectiveness of complementary approaches to inspection for ensuring compliance”. The project identified a number of approaches that are being used...
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Lead Country:
UK (England & Wales)

Nature protection in permitting and inspection of industrial installations

Number: 2013/10
Status: Running
Period: 2013

The IED Directive lays down rules on integrated prevention and control of pollution arising from industrial activities. It also lays down rules to achieve a high level of protection of the environment as a whole. The focus is mainly on industrial emissions. The link between permitting activities and Natura 2000 sites is defined in Article 6 of Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. According to Article 6 par. 3: Any plan or project not directly...
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Lead Country:
Germany

Exploring the links between the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and the REACH Regulation

Number: 2013/09
Status: Running
Period: 2013

This project will explore the following question: How do obligations from REACH Regulation interfere with IED statutory duties concerning permitting and inspection?
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Lead Country:
Germany

Environmental inspections of industrial installations in accordance with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) – Drawing up of IRAM related inspection programmes

Number: 2013/08
Status: Running
Period: 2013

On 6 January 2011 the Industrial Emissions Directive entered into force, and its provisions listed in Article 80(1) have to be transposed into national law within two years. The IED sets new requirements on the inspection of industrial installations as described in Article 23 of the Directive. The obligations on routine environmental inspections constitute a new challenge for the EU member states.
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Lead Country:
Germany and UK (Scotland)

DECO Project – IMPEL Project on decontamination and monitoring procedures of groundwater and soils in polluted ex-industrial sites

Number: 2013/05
Status: Running
Period: 2013

Soil is one of the four natural elements fundamental for life of humans, plants and animals. Due to historical industrialization processes, Europe has some of the most contaminated soils and groundwater in the world, and its protection is a priority for many European environmental authorities. The European Union created during the years a regulatory environment in order to protect soil and groundwater: the Landfill Directives (1999/31/EC), the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), the Environmental...
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Lead Country:
Italy (Lombardia)

IRI Italy (Lombardia)

Number: 2012/01
Status: Finalised
Period: 2012

The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation. The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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Lead Country:
Italy (Lombardia)

The implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment on the basis of precise examples

Number: 2012/09
Status: Finalised
Period: 2012

The Environmental Impact Assessment or EIA Directive was adopted in 1985 and was first amended in 1997^{^[1]}. The EIA procedure ensures that the environmental consequences of projects are identified and assessed before authorisation is given. The public can give its opinion and all results are taken into account in the authorisation procedure of the project....
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Lead Country:
Austria

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