The European Commission have published a study on strengthening the EU level role in environmental inspections and strengthening the Commission’s capacity to undertake effective investigations of alleged breaches in EU environment law.
The study also accompanies an online public consultation on the revision of the EU legal framework on environmental inspections. The consultation questionnaire and relevant documents will [...]...
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The IMPEL network was recently invited to attend the European Parliament’s Environment Committee to present its work on waste shipments under the Enforcement Actions project.
Zofia Tucinska, former Chair of the IMPEL network, attended the Committee’s meeting on the 29th November. She gave an introduction to IMPEL and the background to the IMPEL-TFS Enforcement Actions projects. [...]...
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Building capacity among environmental and customs officials for detecting illegal transboundary shipments of hazardous and electronic wastes was the focus of the Second International Hazardous Waste Inspection Project. 11 countries participated in the Project, which was convened by the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) Seaport Environmental Security Network (SESN).
A synthesis report, which [...]...
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The authors of the INECE Paper: “Compliance Management and System Based Supervision – June 2011” and project leaders of the IMPEL project: “Compliance Assurance Through Company Compliance Management Systems” Paul Meerman, Han de Haas (both Province Noord Brabant) and Martin de Bree (Next Step Management and Erasmus University) from the Netherlands were invited by the [...]...
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The IMPEL network have appointed John Seager, Head of Environment Strategy at the Environment Agency (England & Wales), as the new Chair of the IMPEL network. Chris Dijkens, Director of International Enforcement Cooperation at the Ministry of Environment and Infrastructure in the Netherlands, has been appointed as Vice Chair. Both will start their new positions on [...]...
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IMPEL held its 10th IMPEL General Assembly last week in Nicosia, Cyprus on the 05-06 December 2012.
IMPEL’s bi-annual meeting brought together representatives of 29 countries around Europe. The main highlight was the approval by the General Assembly of IMPEL’s Multi Annual Strategic Programme 2013-15. This will set IMPEL’s strategic framework for the coming years and guide its [...]...
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