Final report - IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Days 2011

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used ovens, metal scrap and plastic scrap). The authorities have been requested to take back the waste and to take action against the responsible companies on their territory. Most cases concern the illegal import of waste into Bulgaria. Prosecution is hard because this is carried out in the regions and evidence is difficult to obtain. Because of the enforcement projects, a better cooperation with police is established. On a regular base the Bulgarian authorities have a case together with the Greek authorities, lots of them concern metal scrap. Out of enforcement experience the following practical recommendations were made by the Bulgarian authorities: • regular training sessions for customs and police (sometimes with local authorities) on the WSR, identification and classification of waste; • keep regular contact with police and customs (phone, email) to solve questions and to exchange information on new developments in the field of waste shipments; • concentrate on certain waste streams to be checked efficiently; • performance of common checks with participation of customs, police, MoEW, environment agency (samples) and with participation of the neighbouring country; • regular meetings and contact with authorities in other countries and international cooperation in the field of transboundary waste shipments within IMPEL-TFS projects; • report on the results of checks to all authorities concerned; • performance of checks at the involved companies if an illegal shipment is detected; • performance of further checks at other companies, who are active in the same (waste) sector; • if appropriate: further investigations by police and customs. 3.4 IMPEL-TFS Enforcement Actions III Project Scotland As the new project managers of the Enforcement Actions III Project Mr. Adam Liddle from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) explained the approach of the project and the planned activities. The following topics were presented: • Timeline • Priority waste streams • Risk profiling • Penalties • ‘Snapshot’ of activity • Partnership working • Contact IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Days FINAL Report 9/46 28- 29 September 2011 – Berlin, Germany January 2012
The project will commence with a start meeting in February 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland and will be finalised with a report of all the inspection results and a closing meeting in the spring in 2014. The participants are asked to choose their priority waste streams and to move towards a risk assessment of waste shipments. Therefore, a questionnaire will be developed and countries are asked to produce a risk matrix for the use in inspections. The aim is to identify which factors of the inspections will have an impact on the likelihood or the severity of a WSR offence. In this project SEPA will look for possible partners such as for example Europol. The Project Steering Committee will exist of Northern Ireland, the Netherlands, Malta, Germany and Scotland. Project communication will take place through Basecamp. 3.5 Interactive session Germany The final item on the agenda before the field trip covered an interactive session with the participants led by Mr. Harald Junker from the hosting organisation UBA. Several pictures of items loaded in used cars being sent to Africa (from Germany mostly to Nigeria) were an incentive for the discussion. Questions like ‘Is this waste or not?’ and ‘How would the authorities deal with this shipment in your country?’ were leading for the conversations. It became clear that European countries have different points of view and different policies with regard to a similar shipment. Several important details for finding out if the materials in question were shared such as the two tires pressed into one tyre, which makes the tires unusable. It is also clear that Africa countries have different rules for import of these materials as well. There are countries that have a ban on all waste types, other countries have free import and most require a control procedure under the Basel Convention. The first important question in these cases is if the receiving countries consider this to be waste or not waste. These differences are a big challenge for countries that need to solve a case together and when a return shipment is required by one of the parties. IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Days FINAL Report 10/46 28- 29 September 2011 – Berlin, Germany January 2012
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Day
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