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Financial Provisions
2016
Ongoing
When sites go into liquidation provisions are generally not made for environmental clean-up and leave substantial environmental legacies which need subsequently to be addressed. Different solutions have been sought across Europe and include the use of insurance policies, financial provisions, and bonds. The issue of insolvency remains and even if provisions are made these are often ignored by the liquidator with the result that nothing is left for the environment as it is seen as subservient to company law. Ultimately lengthy legal battles may still result in the tax payer covering the expense – in direct contradiction of the polluter pays principle.
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IKB exchange of information between Enforcement and other Stakeholders (IMPEL-ESIX)
2013
Ongoing
Halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity by 2020 is a priority within the European Union. The implementation of EU Nature legislation (the Birds and Habitat Directives) is essential to achieve the EU 2020 biodiversity target. However, implementation and enforcement need to be improved.
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Criteria for the Assessment of the Environmental Damage (CAED)
2019
Ongoing
The project aims to define criteria for the assessment of environmental damage and imminent threat of damage and build technical and procedural capacity in screening cases and determining clues and evidence of environmental damage and threat of damage under the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD), caused by environmental incidents, violations, eco-criminal acts.
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Sustainable Landspreading
2015
Ongoing
The project (SWETE-Safeguarding the Water Environment Throughout Europe, phases I-V) seeks to build a common understanding of our regulatory approaches, build networks of experts and develop shared resources to enhance technical resilience, into the water environment arena (and specifically on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). SWETE phase VII and the 2021 Sustainable Landspreading project focuses on the study of the capacity of soils to accept contaminants from land spreading activities.
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Tackling Illegal Activities Connected to Hunting Tourism
2018
Ongoing
In 2015 it was examined a good example of a ‘closed’ regulatory system under the hunting regulation in Slovenia, by soft and hard control measures which was found useful by several Member States. Therefore, a study inspection was organized in Slovenia in 2017 to see how the system was working in practice. In 2019-2020 an online questionnaire has been sent out to inspectorates from member countries, Birdlife members and Face-members. Based on the analysis of the reply on the questionnaire two countries will be selected for a joint inspection in 2021.
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Wastewater in Natural Environment (WiNE)
2017
Ongoing
This work package targets to help Member States on the transition to the Circular Economy within the water cycle. Through the share of good practices in urban, industrial and food production water management, in terms of water use and reuse (use of treated wastewaters as an alternative water source) is intended to identify and improve solutions in terms of water use efficiency (taking into account both quality and quantity aspects), that may contribute to zero pollution solutions.
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Plastic Waste Shipments (previous Chinese Import Ban on Plastic Waste)
2019
Ongoing
The rise of plastic waste is rising globally over the years. With China accepting 7 million tones of plastic waste for recovery prior to 2018 this caused an up-roared shock to the global waste plastics trade. This shock resulted in neighboring Asian countries receiving the displaced waste. Although the information we have on the ultimate end destination of these waste flows is limited, it is certain that further information is needed.
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Inspection planning tool of nature protected sites
2018
Ongoing
The alarming decline in Europe’s biodiversity has driven the adoption, by the European Union (EU) of two key pieces of legislation – the Habitats and Birds Directives – to conserve Europe’s most valuable species and habitats across their entire natural range within the EU.
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Waste management and Circular Economy (previous Landfill Inspections Project series)
2011
Ongoing
The Waste Management and Circular Economy project aims to build on the results and products from previous landfill projects. Moving through the waste hierarchy steps, in order to promote Eco-innovation and circular economy all while creating a level playing field and assuring a common understanding of the key points of the Waste Framework Directive in the permitting and exception process.
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Water crimes
2018 - 2021
Completed
The Council Conclusions on countering environmental crime (8 December 2016) have recognised the role of IMPEL in countering Environmental Crimes, but a common definition of “water crimes” is a challenging task. Furthermore, water-related crimes are often recoded under other offences – like fraud, corruption, trafficking, falsification of documents, terrorism – for the absence of a systematic analytical approach. The nature and extent of these kinds of activities is still relatively unknown. Based on this background, this proposal aims at increasing knowledge on water crimes, engaging the IMPEL Community in a project aimed at collecting and sharing information about the topic, its presence, its perception and management at competent authorities.
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