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Most of the work within IMPEL is done through projects. On this page all IMPEL projects can be found, including a link to the related documents. To start, use the menu on the left sidebar to modify your search.

DECO Project – IMPEL Project on decontamination and monitoring procedures of groundwater and soils in polluted ex-industrial sites

  • Number: 2013/05
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
Soil is one of the four natural elements fundamental for life of humans, plants and animals. Due to historical industrialization processes, Europe has some of the most contaminated soils and groundwater in the world, and its protection is a priority for many European environmental authorities. The European Union created during the years a regulatory environment in order to protect soil and groundwater: the Landfill Directives (1999/31/EC), the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), the Environmental...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Italy (Lombardia)

Lessons learnt from accidents seminar

  • Number: 2013/04
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
9 seminars on lessons learnt from industrial accidents have been held in the recent past, in order to ease the dissemination and exchange of information between inspecting bodies of the member states. This 2 day seminar will bring together approximately 250 participants from a large cross section of EU member states and other European non-EU member states. In former 'Lessons Learnt' seminars, inspectors have presented approximately 15 selected accidents by giving technical descriptions and the results...
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  • Lead Country:
  • France

IRI Finland

  • Number: 2013/03
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Finland

Results of the IMPEL Review Initiative (IRI)

  • Number: 2013/02
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK (England & Wales)

IRI Poland

  • Number: 2013/01
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
The IRI scheme is a voluntary scheme providing for informal reviews of environmental authorities in IMPEL Member countries. It was set up to implement the European Parliament and Council Recommendation (2001/331/EC) providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections (RMCEI), where it states: “Member States should assist each other administratively in operating this Recommendation.  The establishment by Member States in cooperation with IMPEL of reporting and advice schemes relating...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Poland

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:
  • UK - England & Wales

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 - England & Wales

Waste Sites, phase 2

  • Number: 2012/18
  • Status: Finalised
  • 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:
  • TFS Steering Committee