Final report - IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Days 2011

2012 the project team will organise a training workshop on how to use
and work with the guidance book.
3.14 Outcomes of the WSR Correspondent meeting
Ms. Annette Schneider (Denmark) from the Danish EPA shared the
outcomes of the WSR Correspondent Meeting (July 2011) with the
participants and focused on four main issues:
1. New proposal regarding WSR enforcement – status;
2. New guideline on ELVs;
3. Transit countries (comments invited);
4. Electronic data intercharge (comments invited).
Furthermore, several other issues were discussed
• Study on Annex VII and Articles 18, 49 and 50;
• Helpdesk;
• Financial guarantee, draft proposal (comments by end October);
• WEEE guideline.
The transit document that was discussed (issue number 3) was one of
the products from an IMPEL-TFS NCP meeting in April 2011. It raised the
issue of the difficult role of transit countries and how to work together
more efficiently. The participants of the correspondent meeting all agreed
on the need for guidance on the issue. Some of them supported a
stronger role and more powers for transit countries and others objected.
Some called for details regarding what information and documentation
countries of transit and (and destination) need to provide prior to take
back. Comments were invited so this is an opportunity for IMPEL
members to share their opinions.
The second topic where comments are invited was the issue about
Electronic data intercharge (issue number 4). It was a Commission
communication to the Member States on July 14, 2010 where a tool to
support data exchange was highlighted (SEMIC.EU). Some of the
correspondents called for a legally binding requirement on an ’e-system’
to ensure the investment and some called for a guide for users. Others
called for an EU-wide solution on digital signature and database
interchange. As mentioned above, comments were invited so this is
another opportunity for IMPEL member to share their opinions.
3.15 ToRs of the proposed IMPEL-TFS Projects for 2012
The Chair of the IMPEL-TFS Steering Committee, Mr. Kevin Mercieca
(Malta), Ms. Jenny van Houten (the Netherlands) and Ms. Nancy Isarin
(IMPEL-TFS Secretariat) introduced the projects proposals that have been
made by the IMPEL-TFS cluster for 2012. These Terms of References
(ToRs) will be presented in the IMPEL General Assembly for approval at
23-25 November 2011. Comments from NCPs on the ToRs were still
possible and the draft ToRs had to be submitted at the end of October
2011. The NCPs were called upon to inform their IMPEL coordinator to
ensure the necessary support for the TFS projects in the General
Assembly. The current proposals of running projects are:
1. Enforcement Actions III (Scotland);
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