Projects - 2008

The objective of the project was to identify what core information on environmental inspections carried out should be provided to the public and how this information can best be provided, especially via electronic means (Internet), and to give recommendations. The project was successful in finding out what information is made available to the public and in what form it is available.
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The objective of the project was to build a picture of existing practice in Member States on the tariffs the operators have to pay to the competent authorities to cover the costs for the prior verification and inspections necessary to evaluate the application of the permit, and the successive environmental controls/inspections (including compliance, site visits, sampling etc.).

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Cement production process is a complex industrial activity that can potentially affects environment with high impacts. Facing different experiences and know-hows demonstrated that monitoring only stack emissions cannot be an efficient control strategy; it's important to implement an integrated control action that takes into account also production process and technologies adopted, as a stable and controlled process conduction is the first guarantee of compliance assurance....

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The projects and activities of the TFS cluster are based on the European Waste Shipment Regulation Nº 1013/2006. Being a Regulation and including a cross-border aspect, it is of high importance to have an active and practical European network of inspectors and regulators that meet on a regular basis to exchange practical experiences. Ongoing IMPEL-TFS projects continue to show the need for establishing and above all maintaining good and practical collaboration between...

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International cooperation and alignment is extremely important when it comes to the enforcement of the European Waste Shipment Regulations (WSR) 1013/2006. Previous IMPEL-TFS projects showed that it is very much needed to work together as competent authorities. The enforcement deficit of the WSR is serious and can only be tackled by joining forces on an international level and create an equal counterpart for the global waste trade and environmental criminals that act globally. To improve the collaboration...
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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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Practitioners from 24 IMPEL member countries participated in the workshops and the training sessions. All the objectives were delivered through the products described in the main report. The resulting conclusions led to recommendations for future IMPEL work and follow up activities.

Whilst managing the project useful lessons were learned which are shared herein.

In general the outcome of this...

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