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Projects - Greece

IMPEL TFS Conference 2012

  • Number: 2012/13
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2012
The projects and activities of IMPEL Cluster 2 are based on the European Waste Shipment Regulation Nº 1013/2006. Being a Regulation and including a cross-border aspect, it is of high importance to have an active and practical European network of inspectors and regulators that meet on a regular basis to exchange practical experiences. Not only environmental inspectors, but also Customs and Police officers and the Judiciary. Ongoing IMPEL-TFS projects continue to show the need for establishing and...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Cluster 2 Secretariat and UK

Enforcement Actions Interim Project

  • Number: 2011/25
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2011
The Waste Shipment Regulation (1013/2006/EC) requires Member States to inspect shipments of waste and to co-operate with each other. The Enforcement Actions project was set up for the following reasons: - Some Member States expressed the need for a formalised project framework in order to integrate this with the enforcement inspections in their own countries; - International cooperation is essential to tackle international environmental problems; and - The network of enforcers in the field...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK (Scotland)

8th General Assembly

[ November 24, 2011 to November 25, 2011. ] The 8th IMPEL General Assembly will take place in Warsaw, Poland between the 24-25 November 2011. Novotel Centrum Warszawa 94/98 Marszałkowska Street Warsaw

Cluster 1 meeting

[ March 24, 2011 to March 25, 2011. ] IMPEL’s Cluster 1 will meet in Budapest on March 24/25 2011.

Energy efficiency in permitting and inspections

  • Number: 2010/05
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010
The main objectives of the project were:
  • to explore how member states have implemented in practice the energy efficiency provisions of the IPPC directive and handle obstacles
  • to identify how member states enforce their legal  requirements in this field
  • to find out what kind of information is required in permit applications e.g. energy efficiency indicators
  • to analyse how member states work with the BREF Energy Efficiency and information of other BREFs...

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  • Lead Country:
  • Germany

IMPEL TFS Conference 2011

  • Number: 2011/16
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2011
The projects and activities of the TFS cluster are based on the European Waste Shipment Regulation Nº 1013/2006. Being a Regulation and including a cross-border aspect, it is of high importance to have an active and practical European network of inspectors and regulators that meet on...
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  • Lead Country:
  • TFS Secretariat

IMPEL TFS Conference 2010

  • Number: 2010/11
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010
The yearly IMPEL TFS conference brings together many delegates from many different organisations both from within IMPEL and those outside of our network to discuss better implementation and enforcement of legislation in the field of trans-frontier shipments of waste.
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  • Lead Country:
  • TFS Secretariat

Comparison programme on the tariffs for environmental permits and environmental inspections

  • Number: 2007/18
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2007-2009

The objective of the project was to build a picture of existing practice in Member States on the tariffs the operators have to pay to the competent authorities to cover the costs for the prior verification and inspections necessary to evaluate the application of the permit, and the successive environmental controls/inspections (including compliance, site visits, sampling etc.).


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  • Lead Country:
  • Italy

Practical Application of Better Regulation Principles in Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Environmental Inspection Authorities

  • Number: 2009/04
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2009
Fifty examples of initiatives were received from 14 countries in response to a questionnaire.  These included initiatives to improve permitting, inspection, and monitoring as well as broader initiatives that spanned the whole regulatory cycle.  The wide range of approaches reported reflects the different regulatory and legal structures and contexts in the Member States, such as the different relationships between permitting and inspection bodies. A number of trends in better regulation approaches...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK

Review of Compliance promotion, Inspections practices, and Enforcement for IPPC installations

  • Number: 2007/8
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2007
This report summarizes the replies received from 25 Competent Authorities (CAs) in 16 different Member States (MS) to a questionnaire on the implementation of Article 14 of the IPPC Directive. Member States were asked to provide practical information on their inspection planning and practices and enforcement activities, which should ensure that IPPC installations are operated in compliance with the Directive's requirements. The responses received show that, although there is no explicit provision...
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  • Lead Country:
  • EC