Projects - 2005

The report summarises the results of discussions at a workshop covered goals, targets, parameters, and indicators that reflect the quality of the inspectorate work itself. Specific focus was on practical and operational parameters and indicators that can easily be implemented at national, regional or local level. The participants at the workshop found that the use of parameters to measure and visualise administrative performance of environmental inspectorates is still rather complex and difficult...
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Dialogues and their results have to comply with the law. Legislation sets the framework but also the possibilities for discretion and for dialogue. Before initiating a dialogue process chances and risks should be assessed. The design of a neighbourhood dialogue should always be case specific – responding to the needs of the specific conflict situation.

Dialogues support conflict resolution between companies and neighbours. They...

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This report describes the results of the seventh review of Phase 4 of the IMPEL Review Initiative (IRI) Project. This review was carried out in March 2005 by the kind co-operation of Sweden. 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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A seminar for environmental inspectors from EU MS to exchange information and experiences on lessons learnt from serious industrial accidents was held in June 2005 in Caen. During this seminar 18 recent industrial accidents of different EU MS were presented, illustrating the installation, the accident and consequences in detail, origin, causes and circumstances of the accident and the actions taken
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The report describes the results of a permitting and enforcement project carried out by twelve EU Member States, aiming at improving cooperation and information exchange on the permitting and enforcement of environmental conditions at landfills and waste incineration plants within the framework of the Integrated pollution prevention and control Council Directive 96/61/EC (IPPC) and the Waste incineration Directive (2000/76/EC), the Landfill of waste directive (99/31/EC). The project is linked to...
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During the IMPEL-workshop, information about VOC-regulations in the Directive and some national laws were presented to the participants. The main focus was the discussion of the prepared case studies in small working groups, which consisted of between 8 and 16 members each. The main results were:

• there are partially great differences between the national regulations in the EU-MS.
• there are still different interpretations of some terms (eg installation, fugitive emission).
• beneath...

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