Linking the Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive: Phase 2

Integrating pollution control into river basin management is a major challenge. A report for IMPEL explores how Member States address this.

Cross-scale governance for water management

A new paper on the challenges of cross-scale governance for water management has been published.

Comparison Programme on Permitting and Inspection of IPPC Pig Farming Installations in IMPEL Member Countries - Main Document

This is a report of an IMPEL project supported by VROM in the Netherlands. It was undertaken during 2009 and adopted at the December 2009 IMPEL General Assembly. The report examines the range of practices ...

Comparison Programme on Permitting and Inspection of IPPC Pig Farming Installations in IMPEL Member Countries - Annex

This is a report of an IMPEL project supported by VROM in the Netherlands. It was undertaken during 2009 and adopted at the December 2009 IMPEL General Assembly. The report examines the range of practices ...

Assessing Environmental Management Capacity: Towards a Common Reference Framework

Institutions in developing and transition countries face major challenges to ensure that they have sufficient capacity to implement environmental law. In order to provide a systematic approach to assessment ...

Monitoring of Permitting Progress for Existing IPPC Installations

Member States were required, under the IPPC Directive, to ensure that all existing installations had been issued with permits compliant with the Directive by the end of October 2007. IEEP, with ENTEC, ...

Avenues for Improved Response to Environmental Offences in Kazakhstan

Kazahstan has developed a series of laws and practices to deliver the objectives of environmental protection across a wide range of areas. However, the effectiveness of this legislation can depend upon ...

Revising IPPC: Incremental change rather than a radical overhaul of EU industrial emissions policy

The European Commission has published a proposal to revise the IPPC Directive. The proposal also incorporates six ‘sectoral' industrial emissions Directives as annexes: large combustion plants; waste ...

Practicability and Enforceability of the IPPC Recast Proposal

This IMPEL report authored by IEEP sets out the views of IMPEL members on the proposed revision to the IPPC Directive. While there is general welcome for much of the proposal, concerns are raised over ...

Funding Environmental Compliance Assurance: Lessons Learned from International Experience, OECD

Simple is better, effective regulation for a more competitive Europe: The 1996 IPPC Directive

Review of COM 689: European Commission proposal for a Regulation on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (COM(2003) 689)

Prospects for the Implementation of selected new and future EU Environmental legislation in the Acceding Countries

A written briefing assessing, for the candidate countries, the challenge constituted by those parts of the environmental acquis which did not form part of the acquis at the time accession was agreed, and ...

The Fourth Air Quality Daughter Directive: Impacts and Consequences of mandatory limits

Linking CDM & JI with EU Emission Allowance Trading

Progress in the Implementation of Five Environmental Directives in the Acceding Countries

Briefing on the practical problems and prospects concerning the implementation in the accession countries of the Directive 91/271/EEC, 1999/31/EC, 2001/80/EC, 1999/13/EC and 96/61/EC.

EP Briefing Note on approaches to chemical regulation

EP Briefing note: Analysis of progress and issues relating to the state of implementation of the IPPC Directive

EP Briefing Note on ECJ cases C 458/00 and C 228/00 regarding the recovery/disposal of waste