Draft revised guidance for the pulp and paper sector has been issued by the IPPC Bureau in Seville. A deadline for receiving comments on the second draft of the revised Pulp, Paper and Board (PP) BREF has been set as the 13 July 2012.
There is also a second draft of the revised Mineral Oil and Gas Refineries (REF) [...]...
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From the 24-25th November the IMPEL network held its 8th General Assembly meeting in Warsaw, Poland as part of its continuing efforts to facilitate good cooperation, share experiences and learn from one another to better implement and enforce EU environmental legislation. The network agreed to support 22 projects in 2012 looking at new approaches to regulation, the [...]...
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The European Commission has unveiled its 2012 work programme.
An annex to the report can be seen here.
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A report for the European Commission has concluded that: “as an indicative estimate, the costs of implementation gaps in relation to current legally binding targets could be around 50 billion per year”.
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There is a big potential to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) from municipal solid waste management, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report, ‘Waste opportunities – Past and future climate benefits from better municipal waste management in Europe’, covers the EU-27 (excluding Cyprus), Norway and Switzerland. It estimates that these [...]...
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Stelios Georghiades, IMPEL Cluster 1 representative from Cyprus and Head of Industrial Pollution Control Section, presented a report on the implementation of the IPPC Directive in Cyprus to the EU-INDIA ACTION PLAN SUPPORT FACILITY - ENVIRONMENT. The APSF is a European Union funded project to improve policy and regulatory knowledge and capacity; and enhance dialogue and [...]...
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