Inspection

Commission releases Communication on implementation and enforcement of EU environment law

The European Commission published a Communication on Wednesday 07 March in response to a December 2010 Environment Council request that member states and the Commission enhance and improve the implementation and enforcement of EU environment legislation. The Communication focuses on knowledge about the state of the environment and how to tackle challenges on the ground. The Commission says that better access [...]

Environmental inspections of industrial installations in accordance with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)

  • Number: 2012/06
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2012
On 6 January 2011 the Industrial Emissions Directive entered into force, and its provisions listed in Article 80(1) have to be transposed into national law within two years. The IED sets new requirements on the inspection of industrial installations as described in Article 23 of the Directive. The obligations on routine environmental inspections constitute a new challenge for the EU member states, but IMPEL already has done some work in this field: e. g. Guidance Book on Environmental Inspections,...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Germany & Scotland

Reinforcement programme on inspection skills according to Landfill sites in IMPEL member countries, phase 2

  • Number: 2012/03
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2012
Improving implementation of EU law is a high priority objective of both the European Commission and IMPEL. Questionnaires that were circulated within IMPEL in December 2010 and June 2011 showed that 50% of countries have a lack of knowledge to fulfil inspection requirements, specially on new-to-build landfill sites. There was strong support for the idea of exchanging knowledge and learning from each other. In European projects of landfill construction (based on European funding) it is obligatory...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands and Italy

Linking the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) to the implementation of the IPPC Directive, phase 1

  • Number: 2010/08
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010

An important objective of this project is to define the relationship (complementary and competition) between IPPC implementation and WFD implementation from the scope of permitting, enforcement and data collection. Also other relevant directives are taken into account e.g. priority substances directive (2008/106/EC) and urban waste water treatment directive (91/271/EC).  Another goal is to make an inventory of problems and best practices in the member states, with...


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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands and Austria

Review of Compliance promotion, Inspections practices, and Enforcement for IPPC installations

  • Number: 2007/8
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2007
This report summarizes the replies received from 25 Competent Authorities (CAs) in 16 different Member States (MS) to a questionnaire on the implementation of Article 14 of the IPPC Directive. Member States were asked to provide practical information on their inspection planning and practices and enforcement activities, which should ensure that IPPC installations are operated in compliance with the Directive's requirements. The responses received show that, although there is no explicit provision...
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  • Lead Country:
  • EC

INSPECTAN: Environmental Inspection Guidelines for the Tanning Industry

  • Number: 2004/14
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2004
The present report originates from the results of a questionnaire, discussed in meetingsheld over the interval October 2004 – June 2005. The discussion concentrated on theeconomics; the production processes; laws and regulations; inspection procedures. The report is conceived as a tool for the public bodies involved in controls and inmonitoring activities on the tanning industry. To this end it collates the experiences ofseveral European contexts of the leather and tanning industry.
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  • Lead Country:
  • Italy

Information Exchange on e-Reporting

  • Number: 2003/15
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2003
The project concluded that: The benefits accruing from e-reporting are better transparency and better quality information that is more easily analysed, manipulated and reported on to both institutional bodies and the public. There is no technological barrier to the implementation of e-reporting systems. The difficulties in implementing these systems relate to the specification of the information to be collected and identifying in advance the subsequent uses of this information. While e-reporting...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Ireland

Implementing Article 10 of the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC

  • Number: 2002/01
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2002
One of the main conclusions drawn by the working group is that scope, depth and way of monitoring depend very much on the characteristics of each type of plan or programme. Article 10 of the SEA Directive refrains from laying down detailed requirements and leaves thus enough flexibility to develop flexible and individual solutions adapted to the respective type of plan and programme. However, the importance of starting monitoring on the grounds of baseline environmental information has been recognised...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Germany

Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Law in the European Union

  • Number: 2000/04
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2000
An important result is that the exercise has given some insight in the criminal enforcement of environmental law in legal practice. This insight in the legal practice of criminal enforcement of environmental law in various countries is since it may encourage the transboundary cooperation between the various authorities by providing a better understanding of the various policies pursued. Thus, this insight can also contribute to a better implementation of European environmental law.
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  • Lead Country:
  • Denmark

Workshop on the Use of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Industrial Plants

  • Number: 2000/03
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2000
The conclusions that could be drawn from the workshop were:
  • The VOC-directive is a starting point in the right direction, but its implementation has to be monitored and the obligation for soil-gas-analysis has to be amended.
  • The different technical standard in the MS and AC requires harmonisation in form of BAT or EN-documents.
  • Tighter national regulations/standards must still exist beneath VOC - directive
  • Generally there is an urgent need for information...

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  • Lead Country:
  • Austria