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Projects - Ireland

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

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

Doing the Right Things for Waste Shipment Inspections (DTRT-TFS), phase 2

  • Number: 2012/14
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2012
This IMPEL-project explores the usefulness of the DTRT methodology for waste shipment inspections with the ultimate aim of providing a practical tool, based on the DTRT Guidance Book, which can help improve the organisation of waste shipment inspections by competent authorities in the IMPEL member countries. Three competent authorities from...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands

Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) – the transition to IED Permits and how to deal with substantial change at a permitted facility

  • Number: 2012/10
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2012
To organise an exercise for Member States which will focus on the changing requirements for the development of Permits under the new provision of  the IED.  The key questions will be: “How will IED Permits differ from the types of permits currently being prepared by Member State Regulators?” (under IPPC, LCP, WID, etc), and “How are we to deal with substantial changes to permitted facilities”?
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  • Lead Country:
  • Ireland

IMPEL TFS Enforcement Actions III

  • Number: 2012/15
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2012
This project will run until the spring of 2014 and will encourage best practice in waste shipment inspections through a series of coordinated inspections and exchanges.  The inspections under this project will take place during three periods in both 2012 and 2013.  A ‘chain’ (from site of loading to site of recovery) approach to inspection will be used to verify environmentally sound management of waste shipments. Enforcement tools will also be developed as part of this project to encourage...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK

Transfrontier shipment of e-waste

  • Number: 2010/18
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010/11
The main objectives of this project were to:
  • To deliver an up to date threat assessment that identifies how effectively the WEEE Directive is being implemented in Member States and the risks e-waste exports pose to the EU
  • To understand the scope and scale of the e-waste export trade in Europe, who is involved and what happens to shipments leaving Europe and what the problems are that occur in the countries of destination
  • To develop and provide to IMPEL TFS members...

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  • Lead Country:
  • UK - England & Wales

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)

The Licensing of installations in ambient air polluted zones

  • Number: 2007/19
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2007
This project aimed to contribute to the exchange of experiences and information of inspectors and technical experts from IMPEL MS in the licensing of installations in relation to the ambient air regulations. The focal point of this project was the information and exchange of experience between the participating inspectors and technical experts of IMPEL MS. Moreover a common approach should be defined to minimize competitive disadvantages.
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  • Lead Country:
  • Austria

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.