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IMPEL TFS Conference 2012

  • Number: 2012/13
  • Status: Running
  • 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.

Development of an easy and flexible risk assessment tool as a part of the planning of environmental inspections linked to European environmental law and the RMCEI (easyTools), phase 2

  • Number: 2011/05
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2011
The aim of the new project is to develop a flexible and user friendly programme for the risk assessment within the planning of environmental inspections as an application from the internet. The risk assessment tool will be part of the “planning cycle” described in the “Step by step guidance book for planning of environmental inspection” developed by the “Doing The Right Things” project (DTRT). It will take into account the needs of the IMPEL member countries as well as the requirements...
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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

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

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

Development of an easy and flexible risk assessment tool as a part of the planning of environmental inspections linked to European environmental law and the RMCEI (easyTools), phase 1

  • Number: 2010/06
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010
A key issue of the “Recommendation on minimum criteria for environmental inspections” (RMCEI) and the IMPEL “Step by step guidance book for planning of environmental inspection” is the prioritisation of environmental inspections. An essential part of this prioritisation is the assessment of the probability of environmental disruptions caused by industrial or comparable activities. These risk assessments also play a key role in inspection planning according to the Seveso II Directive and...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Germany

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