Projects - 2004

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...

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This report has been produced to incorporate IMPEL’s views within the Remas project, and in with particular reference to the development of the ‘Remas Criteria’. The Remas project is co-funded by the EU LIFE-Environment programme, the UK Environment Agency, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment and the Irish Environmental Protection Agency. The project aims to reach a consensus on the value of independently certified environmental...
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The present report originates from the results of a questionnaire, discussed in meetingsheld over the interval October 2004 – June 2005. The discussion concentrated on theeconomics; the production processes; laws and regulations; inspection procedures. The report is conceived as a tool for the public bodies involved in controls and inmonitoring activities on the tanning industry. To this end it collates the experiences ofseveral European contexts of the leather and tanning industry.
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Survey on the present practice was complemented, and was used as a basis of discussion during an IMPEL workshop. The discussion has been made in separate working groups on different subject. At the end the results of the group were summarised, then reported, discussed and validated during a plenary session. Some of the conclusions:

• Information structure at national and EU level should be more clear and accessible for environmental authorities and industry...

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The project on which this report is based set out to identify good regulatory practice in relation to the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS), which was established by Directive 2003/87/EC, and to inform the second phase of the EU ETS. It was organised through IMPEL and the information analysed in the project was obtained using a questionnaire that was distributed to regulatory authorities in a number of EU Member States. The questionnaire was finalised on the basis of discussions held at an initial...
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The key findings of this project are:

• Applicants should be provided with guidance for the assessment of health through IPPC.
• Strict compliance with ambient health based Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) is necessary to ensure health protection.
• Local sensitive receptors can justify more in depth assessments even if health based EQSs are not being exceeded.
• Where EQSs are being exceeded then a maximum of 12 months should be allowed for improvements...

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