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Tender for Management of Mining Waste Project
25 Jul, 2022
The IMPEL Project on Management of Mining Waste looking for a service provider
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New IMPEL member!
13 Jul, 2022
The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) has joined the IMPEL network. OFB a public institution dedicated to the protection and restoration of biodiversity in Metropolitan France and its Overseas Territories, under the supervision of the ministries responsible for Ecology and Agriculture & Food. has joined the IMPEL network.
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Open consultation on the Environmental Liability Directive
12 Jul, 2022
The Environmental Liability Directive establishes a framework based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle to prevent and remedy environmental damage.
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23rd General Assembly
29 Jun, 2022
Updates from the most recent General Assembly meeting.
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Life is 30!
28 Jun, 2022
On 21 May 2022 the LIFE programme – the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action – turned thirty and we would like you to be part of it!
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EC adopts proposal for a Nature Restoration Law to restore Europe’s nature by 2050
22 Jun, 2022
The European Commission has proposed a new law to restore ecosystems for people, the climate and the planet.
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Chemicals: Commission seeks views on revision of REACH, the EU’s chemicals legislation
19 May, 2022
Until the 15th of April the commission is launching a public consultation on the revision of the REACH Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals. By filling out a questionnaire you will be able to contribute to the consultation.
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Open public consultation on the revision of the REACH Regulation and recent EC proposals
07 Apr, 2022
Until the 15th of April the commission is launching a public consultation on the revision of the REACH Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals. By filling out a questionnaire you will be able to contribute to the consultation.
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BIOVAL: joint project to value ecological damages for potential use during prosecution of wildlife crime
08 Mar, 2022
As IMPEL works alongside BIOVAL as a partner on a joint project of EUFJE, ENPE, KU Leuven and IMPEL. The aim is to create a non-binding, practical instrument to value ecological damages. A major advantage of using a valuation instrumenting both administrative and civil procedures would be the greater legal certainty and the shorter case duration.
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IMPEL General Assembly votes for a future proof IMPEL
03 Mar, 2022
On the 2nd and 3rd of December 2020 the General Assembly of IMPEL, the highest body in the organization, concluded its annual meeting on a positive note. Members had the opportunity to virtually debate and vote positively on several essential items in order to allow the organization to flourish in the future.
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