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Projects - 2006

Enforcement Actions I

  • Number: 2006/21
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006-2008
Main aim of this Enforcement Actions project is to contribute to a permanent and consistent level of enforcement of Waste Shipment Regulation within Europe. The following objectives are derived from the project's aim:
  • continue performing inspections;
  • improve (inter)national cooperation and exchange of knowledge and experience;
  • develop and improve enforcement tools.

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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands

Threat Assessment

  • Number: 2006/01
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006

The EU-Regulation No. 259/93 (the Regulation) on the control of shipments of waste within, into and outside the European Union provides both the means for supervision of legitimate trade in waste and a requirement to deal with illegal traffic. The Regulation defines cases of illegal traffic but does not deal directly with how Competent Authorities should assess its extent or the means which, in practice, CAs employ to combat it.


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  • Lead Country:
  • United Kingdom

Doing the right things I: Comparison Programme on prioritising environmental inspections

  • Number: 2006/19
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006
This project report presents the main outcomes of the IMPEL Comparison Programme on prioritising environmental inspections, also called “doing the right things”. Within the project 25 European countries participated by means of completing a questionnaire on prioritising environmental inspections, and more in particular about inspection plans and inspection programmes, all within the framework of the “Recommendation for Minimum Criteria on Environmental Inspections”. Representatives of 24...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands

Incidental Releases from Industrial Installations

  • Number: 2006/17
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006
The aim has been to address key issues and identify good practices for dealing with incidental releases in industrial installations. Some of the key findings:
  • definition of incidental releases and guidance to manage such incidental releases should be specified
  • good examples of permit conditions to be applied already exists
  • electronic response is needed from the operator to the authorities to have a written document of the incident
  • 24-hour...

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  • Lead Country:
  • Finland

The inter-relationship of the IPPC Directive with other Directives

  • Number: 2006/16
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006
The aim of the project was to identify and summarise areas of concern relating to implementation and enforcement of the IPPC Directive arising from its interface with other horizontal and sectoral EU legislative instruments. The output provided a contribution to the Commission's review of the IPPC Directive, both directly and via IMPEL members’ interactions with national authorities who will also provide input to the review. Moreover, it provided a good analysis for both the Commission and Member...
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  • Lead Country:
  • United Kingdom

Developing a checklist for assessing legislation on practicability and enforceability

  • Number: 2006/15
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006
In the policy debate on better legislation at the European and national level, there is a growing consensus on the need to address the implementation deficit. EU legislation, including environmental legislation, is too often not properly or fully implemented across Europe. There is real evidence of practicability and enforceability problems caused by the way legislation is designed and written and by poor implementation conditions. In order to encourage policymakers, legislators and stakeholders...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands

IMPEL Review Initiative: Phase 4, 8th Review: UK / Scotland March 2007

  • Number: 2006/14
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006
This report describes the results of the eighth 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 the UK. 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:
  • United Kingdom

Emission Trading: Options and proposals for consistency in the implementation of the ETS

  • Number: 2006/13
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2006
This report is a summary of the key findings of the IMPEL project ‘Options and proposals for consistency in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme’. The project focussed on four key areas of the EU ETS, which were identified in a previous IMPEL EU ETS project that reported in 2005, i.e.
  • Small installations;
  • Verification;
  • Compliance and enforcement; and
  • Monitoring and reporting.

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  • Lead Country:
  • United Kingdom