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2009, European Commission (DG ENV)Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive and related financial security issues
In 2009, following a previous study carried out in 2008, BIO Intelligence Service was chosen to examine the implementation effectiveness [...]
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2008, European Commission (DG ENV)
Financial security within the Environmental Liability Directive
In 2008, BIO Intelligence Service carried out a study on financial security within the Environmental Liability Directive. The Environmental Liability [...]
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2010-2011, European Commission (DG ENV)
Review of the RoHS Directive
In 2008, BIO Intelligence Service conducted a study for the review of the RoHS Directive, which restricts the use of [...]
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2009, European Commission (DG ENV)
Ship Recycling in Europe
BIO Intelligence Service has carried out an assessment of the feasibility of defining criteria to identify green dismantling facilities and [...]
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2008-2011, ADEMEInventory of equipment containing or likely to contain PCBs and PCTs
BIO Intelligence Service has been supporting the French authorities with the management and operation of the PCB inventory since 2008, [...]
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2010-2011, European CommissionTechnical assistance for identifying potential POP substances
BIO Intelligence Service is conducting a study aimed at drawing up a list of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP), Persistent [...]
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2010-2011, European Commission (DG ENV)Review of the Community Strategy Concerning Mercury.
BIO Intelligence Service conducted a study for the European Commission to support the review of the Community Strategy Concerning Mercury, [...]
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2010-2011, DefraFungi in drinking water and implications for human health
BIO Intelligence Service performed a literature review for Defra’s Drinking Water Inspectorate in order to ensure that knowledge on fungi [...]
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Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive and related financial security issues
In 2009, following a previous study carried out in 2008, BIO Intelligence Service was chosen to examine the implementation effectiveness of the Environmental Liability Directive, and more particularly the related question of financial guarantees for operators.
For this assignment, BIO examined:
- Case studies which illustrate how effective the Directive is in terms of repairing environmental damage,
- The types of insurance available to operators, and their performance.
One of the central objectives of this second study was to develop a better understanding of the needs of operators, their attitude to the transposition of the Directive and their expectations with regards to their insurers. Lastly, the approaches and solutions adopted by the various Member States of the European Union to encourage the development of financial security instruments were analysed, as were the results obtained.
A working group was organised and coordinated by BIO for the European Commission, in order to present stakeholders with both the main problems that had been identified and the project’s intermediate results.
These two studies provided the European Commission with a solid foundation for the publication in 2010 of a report on the effectiveness of the Directive.
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