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Projects - 2003

Best practices concerning training and qualifications for environmental inspectors

  • Number: 2003/04
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
This report describes the results of an IMPEL project on best practices concerning the training and qualifications of environmental inspectors. The project was based on the Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States (2001/331/EC).
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  • Lead Country:
  • France

IMPEL Review Initiative, Phase 3: 6th Review: Spain March 2003

  • Number: 2003/02
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
This report describes the results of the sixth review of Phase 3 of the IMPEL Review Initiative (IRI) Project. This review was carried out in March 2003 by the kind co-operation of Spain. These findings are set out in terms of examples of good practice for other Member State Inspecting Authorities and in terms of opportunities for development by the host Inspecting Authority. Further lessons for the review process were also noted and are recorded in the report.
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  • Lead Country:
  • Spain

Waste related Conditions in Environmental Permits

  • Number: 2003/16
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
The report compiles a number of good examples of permit conditions which address amongst others, measures to minimise waste, substitution of raw materials, handling and disposal of waste as well as audits and assessments.
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  • Lead Country:
  • Finland

Information Exchange on e-Reporting

  • Number: 2003/15
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
The project concluded that: The benefits accruing from e-reporting are better transparency and better quality information that is more easily analysed, manipulated and reported on to both institutional bodies and the public. There is no technological barrier to the implementation of e-reporting systems. The difficulties in implementing these systems relate to the specification of the information to be collected and identifying in advance the subsequent uses of this information. While e-reporting...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Ireland

IMPEL Better Legislation Project – Effective Enforcement Needs a Good Legal Base

  • Number: 2003/13
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
The project was established to examine the challenges that IMPEL members have faced in the practical implementation of EU legislation and suggest recommendations for legislative improvement. It involved gathering information on the experience of implementing EU legislation from IMPEL members through a questionnaire, and discussing the results and developing conclusions through project meetings. It covered a range of issues relating to the practical implementation of legislation, such as clarity,...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK

Management Reference Book for Environmental Inspectorates

  • Number: 2003/12
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
This report is concerned with management of environmental inspectorates. The Reference Book illustrates practical management solutions to challenges faced by environmental inspectorates. The text is supported by examples of good practice compiled from many European countries. The report stresses that the organisational elements are closely interrelated in a dynamic entity. The report seeks to illustrate the complexity of the management task in an environmental inspectorate while at the same...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Denmark

IMPEL Review Initiative, Phase 4: Review of Trial of Scheme

  • Number: 2003/10
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
As regards the overall impact of the IRI Review process, and in considering whether and how to develop it, the following important observations were made by those involved in the trials:
  • In terms of "Capacity Building", the review process was of as much value to Review Team Members as to the Candidate Inspectorate.
  • The IRI process has a special feel, not an audit but a good balance between examining details and establishing the overall regulatory philosophy.
  • The...

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  • Lead Country:
  • UK

Lessons Learned from Accidents – 2003

  • Number: 2003/01
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
This is the report of the 9th seminar on industrial accidents organised for the 5th time within the scope of the European IMPEL network in Dijon in November 2003. In total 19 industrial accidents (in France Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy) - are described, illustrating the installation, the accident and consequences in detail, origin, causes and circumstances of the accident, and the action taken.
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  • Lead Country:
  • France

Olive Oil project

  • Number: 2003/03
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
The project was executed by the Consejeria de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucia, with the cooperation of the National Observatory of Athens and of the Hellenic Ministry for the Environment. The following countries participated actively in the project: Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus, Croatia and Malta. France had a partial participation, through a consultant. In total, 27 participants from these 7 countries attended the Workshop. The main conclusions of the project, based on the...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Greece