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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

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

Cooperation and Awareness Raising to Prevent Illegal Traffic in Waste to non-OECD countries in Asia

  • Number: 2012/16
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2012
Large amounts of post-consumer wastes such as electronic wastes are being exported from Europe to Asia. Many exports take place with the alleged intent of re-use or recycling but often result in residual hazardous materials being disposed of in an environmentally unsound manner. Many exports are illegal and in violation of the Basel Convention, or the EU Waste Shipments Regulation. Awareness raising concerning existing laws and illegal traffic is needed among various stakeholders. Cooperation...
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  • Lead Country:
  • TFS Steering Committee

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.

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

European Waste Enforcement Actions/Joint inspections of waste shipments, phase 2

  • Number: 2011/18
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2011
Trans-frontier shipments of waste are regulated by a number of international agreements in order to prevent shipments of harmful waste to countries that do not have the technology for environmentally sound disposal or recovery. In the EU the European Waste Shipment Regulation obliges member states to carry out inspections and to exchange information about illegal shipments. Throughout the project 28 countries reported 26.705 inspections that were executed at random or as target-oriented inspections...
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  • Lead Country:
  • The Netherlands

Cooperation and Awareness Raising to Prevent Illegal Traffic in Waste to non-OECD countries in Asia

  • Number: 2011/19
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2011
Large amounts of post-consumer wastes such as electronic wastes are being exported from Europe to Asia. Many exports take place with the alleged intent of re-use or recycling but often result in residual hazardous materials being disposed of in an environmentally unsound manner. Many exports are illegal and in violation of the Basel Convention, or the EU Waste Shipments Regulation. Awareness raising concerning existing laws and illegal traffic is needed among various stakeholders. Cooperation is...
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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