Projects - Portugal

Current information suggests that with increased turnover of electrical goods by consumers, few ‘bring back’ schemes yet to ensure compliance with the WEEE Directive and relatively high costs of recovery and recycling in member states compared to export for ‘recycling’ or insufficient capacity for recovery and recycling in some member state countries it is believed that compliance with the WSR is poor with illegal shipments of WEEE being exported out of Europe...

The project aims to carry out a threat assessment on the export of end of life and second hand vehicles to various destinations, particularly to African and Eastern Europe Countries. Priorities identified were: “waste of electrical and electronic equipment, end of life vehicles, plastics, green waste, enforcement weeks and cooperation with country of destination. The aim of the project is: 1.    To define and clarify the categories of vehicles intended for export...

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 a regular basis to exchange practical experiences. Ongoing IMPEL-TFS projects continue to show the need for establishing and above all maintaining good and practical collaboration between...

Main aim of the IMPEL-TFS Seaport II project is to improve inspections and the enforcement of regulations on the transfrontier shipments of waste, and to align enforcement actions between seaports, organisations and countries involved. The project also aims to stimulate cooperation and information exchange on national and international scale, to set up a network of European contacts, to identify specific seaport enforcement problems, and to raise awareness at the general...

The IMPEL-TFS Verification of waste destination - II project is focussing on the practical implementation of Article 30 of EU Regulation 259/93. One of the main aims is to gain insight in and improve compliance of waste shipment legislation regarding the verification of (the final destination of) waste shipments. European cooperation on operational level between enforcement authorities involved should be improved, as well as the exchange of practical knowledge and...

The projects and activities of the TFS cluster are based on the European Waste Shipment Regulation, 259/93. 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 also meets on a regular basis to exchange practical experiences.

In 2006 two IMPEL-TFS projects which had a lot of impact (Seaports and Verification) ended. Both...

International cooperation and alignment is extremely important when it comes to the enforcement of the European Waste Shipment Regulations (WSR) 1013/2006. Previous IMPEL-TFS projects showed that it is very much needed to work together as competent authorities. The enforcement deficit of the WSR is serious and can only be tackled by joining forces on an international level and create an equal counterpart for the global waste trade and environmental criminals that act...

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 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...