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RENA RelatedInitiativesRENA RELATED INITIATIVESINTERPOL9 th IMPEL General Assembly, Copenhagen, Denmark (7 – 8 June 2012)IMPEL held its 9th IMPEL General Assembly was held in Copenhagen, Denmark inthe period 07-08 June 2012.IMPEL’s bi-annual meeting brought together representatives of 28 countries and 42environment agencies and authorities around Europe. The group approved severalnew project reports:• Development of an easy and flexible risk assessment tool as a part of theplanning of environmental inspections linked to European environmental lawand the RMCEI (easyTools), phase 2• Reinforcement programme on inspection skills according to landfill sites inIMPEL member countries.• Comparison programme on the implementation and enforcement of air qualitystandards in relation to industrial air emissions, phase 2• Exploring qualitative and quantitative assessment tools to evaluate theperformance of environmental inspectorates across the EU• Lessons learnt from accidents: Conference in Aix-en-Provence 2011• Compliance assurance and company compliance management systems• Exploring the use and effectiveness of complementary approaches to inspectionfor ensuring compliance• IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Days 2011• Using the IMPEL Practicability and Enforceability Checklist to assess the WasteShipment Regulation• Cooperation and Awareness Raising to Prevent Illegal Traffic in Waste to non-OECD countries in Asia• IMPEL TFS-African collaboration follow upThe General Assembly progressed the development of its upcoming Multi AnnualStrategic Programme 2013-15, heard speeches from the Deputy Director of theDanish EPA, OECD, the European Commission, RENA and Heads of EPAs networkand also approved the applications of two new members to the network: the SwedishAgency for Marine and Water Management and Federal Office for Environment andNature, Switzerland.RENA Newsletter No 6 - July 201212