Projects

Development of an IMPEL Multi Annual Strategic Programme (MASP)

Number: 2012/20
Status: Running
Period: 2012

IMPEL's existing Multi Annual Working Programme (MAWP) 2007-10 was agreed in Espoo in 2006. This was extended by one year at the end of 2010 but is due to expire on the 31 December 2011. The IMPEL General Assembly has decided to develop a new MASP to succeed the MAWP.
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Lead Country:
IMPEL Board

Choosing appropriate interventions alongside inspections to ensure compliance and achieve environmental outcomes

Number: 2012/19
Status: Running
Period: 2012

There is increasing interest in the European Union member states in using complementary interventions alongside traditional methods such as environmental inspections to improve the implementation and compliance of environmental legislation and deliver better environmental outcomes. In 2011, an IMPEL Project was carried out on “Exploring the use and effectiveness of complementary approaches to inspection for ensuring compliance”. The project identified a number of approaches that are being...
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Lead Country:
UK

Waste Sites, phase 2

Number: 2012/18
Status: Running
Period: 2012

Under Article 34(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, establishments or undertakings which carry out waste treatment operations, establishments or undertakings which collect or transport waste on a professional basis, brokers and dealers, and establishments or undertakings which produce hazardous waste shall be subject to appropriate periodic inspections by the competent authorities. Recent discussions in IMPEL-TFS and among high-level inspectors have addressed, among other things, the necessity...
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Lead Country:
Germany

EU – African enforcement collaboration 2012

Number: 2012/17
Status: Running
Period: 2012

To ensure that waste is shipped to licensed facilities and treated in an environmentally sound manner without damaging the environment and human health, it is necessary to follow waste from its origin to its final destination. In case of waste shipments and treatment within the EU, the network of contacts exists and can be used for requests. This is not yet always the case in countries of destination outside Europe. Some major waste streams find their way to African countries. Mainly the end-of-life...
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Lead Country:
TBC

Cooperation and Awareness Raising to Prevent Illegal Traffic in Waste to non-OECD countries in Asia

Number: 2012/16
Status: Running
Period: 2012

Large amounts of post-consumer wastes such as electronic wastes are being exported from Europe to Asia. Many exports take place with the alleged intent of re-use or recycling but often result in residual hazardous materials being disposed of in an environmentally unsound manner. Many exports are illegal and in violation of the Basel Convention, or the EU Waste Shipments Regulation. Awareness raising concerning existing laws and illegal traffic is needed among various stakeholders. Cooperation...
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Lead Country:
TBC

IMPEL TFS Enforcement Actions III

Number: 2012/15
Status: Running
Period: 2012

The Waste Shipment Regulation (1013/2006/EC) requires Member States to inspect shipments of waste and to co-operate with each other. The Enforcement Actions project was set up for the following reasons:

Some Member States expressed the need for a formalised project framework in order to integrate this with the enforcement inspections in their own countries;
International cooperation is essential to tackle international environmental problems; and
The network of...

Doing the Right Things for Waste Shipment Inspections (DTRT-TFS), phase 2

Number: 2012/14
Status: Running
Period: 2012

This IMPEL-project explores the usefulness of the DTRT methodology for waste shipment inspections with the ultimate aim of providing a practical tool, based on the DTRT Guidance Book, which can help improve the organisation of waste shipment inspections by competent authorities in the IMPEL member countries. Three competent authorities from...
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Lead Country:
Netherlands

IMPEL TFS Conference 2012

Number: 2012/13
Status: Running
Period: 2012

The projects and activities of IMPEL Cluster 2 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. Not only environmental inspectors, but also Customs and Police officers and the Judiciary. Ongoing IMPEL-TFS projects continue to show the need for establishing and...
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Lead Country:
Cluster 2 Secretariat and UK

IMPEL-TFS Prosecutor Project

Number: 2012/12
Status: Running
Period: 2012

The compliance deficit of the Basel Convention and the European Waste Shipment Regulation (1013/2006) or ‘WSR’ is very serious and past experience indicates that we are dealing with organised crime in many cases. Figures indicate that about 20% of all waste shipments are in violation. IMPEL-TFS project results illustrate that within the enforcement and prosecution of the WSR it is very necessary to work together as competent authorities. In the whole chain of one waste shipment, multiple authorities...
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Lead Country:
Netherlands

IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange days 2012

Number: 2012/11
Status: Running
Period: 2012

The compliance deficit of the Basel Convention and the European Waste Shipment Regulation (1013/2006) or ‘WSR’ is very serious and past experience indicates that we are dealing with organised crime in many cases. Figures indicate that about 20% of all waste shipments are in violation. IMPEL-TFS project results illustrate that within the enforcement and prosecution of the WSR it is very necessary to work together as competent authorities. In the whole chain of one waste shipment, multiple authorities...
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Lead Country:
Netherlands