European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
More than 15 years after the emanation of several major Directives, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD), Directives on Nitrates, Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, as well as the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC)… [Read more]
The intense public debate on the shale gas industry has brought the spotlight on the whole onshore oil and gas industry, how it is regulated and what is considered best practice for the industry. The EU regulatory framework has recently been assessed b… [Read more]
In the beginning of 2018, China – as part of an environmental reform movement designed to deal with its own growing waste problems – acted on its import ban on 24 types of recyclable materials, including recycled plastics. Having imported about 45% of… [Read more]
There is a diversity of national laws and regulations requiring operators to put in place plans and arrangements to prevent, respond to, and remediate environmental damage as a result of natural and technological incidents. Environment Protection Agenc… [Read more]
The main objective of this project is to contribute to the continuing development of capacity within IMPEL, to the gather forces and to share experience between MS to assure proper implementation and enforcement of the Nature directives and to promote… [Read more]
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 of… [Read more]
In 2017, 65% of ships/vessels worldwide were sold to South-Asian beaching yards for dismantling (e.g. India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) which translates into significant environmental and health impacts, especially if it is taken into account that those… [Read more]
Data collection and analysis concerning industrial accidents is necessary in order to prevent new accidents. Inspectors need to have illustrations of accidental situations, in order to understand what happened indeed and which measures were finally tak… [Read more]
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 e… [Read more]
The implementation of the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking requires broad support, not just from the EU institutions, but also the EU agencies – Europol and Eurojust –, the Member States and their relevant agencies, the EU delegations, Membe… [Read more]