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Members | Observers

IMPEL’s members consist of 55 environmental authorities in 36 countries: the 28 EU member states, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Iceland, Kosovo*, Albania, Switzerland and Norway. Within the IMPEL Association they are referred to as IMPEL member countries.
The IMPEL General Assembly can admit Observers to the Association which then can participate in the meetings of the General Assembly with a consultative voice. An Observer can be an international organisation or network which has a close link to IMPEL’s activities. Experts, nominated by the representative of an Observer can also attend IMPEL projects and activities.

(*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.)

Directorate General Rijkswaterstaat Water, Traffic and Environment

Lange Kleiweg 34
2288 GK RIJSWIJK

RIJSWIJK

Netherlands

Website

The Greek Ombudsman

Halkokondyly 17

10432 Athens

Greece

Website

Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities (WERLAs) (Ireland)

Leitrim County Council
Aras an Chontae

Carrick-on-ShannonCarrick-on-Shannon

Ireland

Website

Environmental Inspectorate of the Azores (Portugal)

Rua da Conceição Nº7
9700-054

Angra do Heroísmo, Açores

Portugal

Website

Association of Regional Environment Inspection Agencies (the Netherlands)

Postbus 550
3300 AN

Dordrecht

Netherlands

Website

Natural Resources Wales (UK)

Ty Cambria, 29 Newport Road
CF24 0TP

Cardiff

United Kingdom

Website

Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia

Dr. Ivana Ribara 91
11070 Novi Beograd

Novi Beograd

Serbia

Website

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (UK)

Strathallan House, The Castle Business Park
FK9 4TZ

Stirling

Scotland

Website

Northern Ireland Environment Agency (UK)

Cromac Avenue
BT7 2JA

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Website

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

Box 119 30
404 39

Göteborg

Sweden

Website

Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, General Directorate of Environmental Impact Assessment, Permit and Inspection (Turkey)

Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi Eskişehir Devlet Yolu (Dumlupınar Bulvarı) 9. km. No: 278 Çankaya

Ankara

Turkey

Website

Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) (Switzerland)

Postal address: 3003 Bern

Ittigen, Worblentalstr. 68

Switzerland

Website

Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Spain)

"Plaza San Juan de la Cruz s/n
28028

Madrid

Spain

Website

Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment Department – Environmental Authority of the Basque Government (Spain)

C. Donostia – San Sebastian 1
01010

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Spain

Website

Inspectorate for the Environment and Spatial Planning (Republic of Slovenia)

Dunajska cesta 58
SI-1000

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Website

The Slovak Inspectorate of the Environment

Grösslingová 5
811 09

Bratislava

Slovak Republic

Website

National Environmental Guard (Romania)

Bd. Unirii 78,
BI.J2, Sector 3, Bucharest

Bucharest

Romania

Website

General Inspectorate for the Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning (IGAMAOT) (Portugal)

Rua de “O Século”, N° 51
P-1200 - 433

Lisbon

Portugal

Website

Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection (Poland)

Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. 3 St.
02-362

Warsaw

Poland

Website

The Norwegian Environment Agency

PO Box 5672
Sluppen, N-7485

Trondheim

Norway

Website

State Environmental Inspectorate (North Macedonia)

Palace "Emanuel Chuchkov", Str.Pavel Shatev No.2, Floor 5
1000

Skopje

North Macedonia

Website

Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) (Malta)

Hexagon House
Spencer Hill

Marsa MRS 1441

Malta

Website

The Luxembourg Government – Environment Agency

1, avenue du Rock'n'Roll,
L-4361

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Website

Department of Environmental Protection under the Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)

Smolensko st. 15,
03201

Vilnius

Lithuania

Website

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia – State Environmental Service

Rūpniecības iela 23
LV-1045

Rīga

Lativa

Website

Ministry of Economy and Environment (Kosovo)

ex media building " Rilindja" 15th floor, office no: 1503,
10 000

Pristina

Kosovo* (*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.)

Website

Association of Regional and Provincial Agencies for Environmental Protection (AssoArpa) (Italy)

c/o ARPA Emilia Romagna,
Via Po, 5 - 40139

Bologna

Italy

Website

Regional Environmental Protection Agency – Lombardy (ARPA) (Italy)

Via Ippolito Rosellini 17,
20124

Milan

Italy

Website

Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)

Via Vitaliano Brancati,
48 - 00144

Rome

Italy

Website

Ministry for Ecological Transition (Italy)

Via C. Colombo, 44,
00147

Roma

Italy

Website

Dublin City Council National TFS Office (Ireland)

Dublin City Council, Block B Floor 2
Blackhall Walk, Smithfield

Dublin 7, D07 ENC4

Ireland

Website

Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)

PO Box 3000
Johnstown Castle Estate

County Wexford

Ireland

Website

Ministry of Agriculture

Kossuth Lajos tér 11
H-1055

Budapest

Hungary

Website

Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

17 Amaliados str.
115 23

Athens

Greece

Website

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)

Stresemannstraße 128 - 130
10117

Berlin

Germany

Website

Ministry of the Environment (Finland)

PO Box 35
FIN-00023

Helsinki

Finland

Website

The Environment Agency of Iceland

Suðurlandsbraut 24, 108
108

Reykjavík

Iceland

Website

Environmental Board (Estonia)

Roheline 64, 80010 Pärnu
80010

Pärnu

Estonia

Website

Danish Environmental Protection Agency

Tolderlundsvej 5
5000 Odense

Odense

Denmark

Website

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (Cyprus)

Amfipoleos 6, 2025
CY-1411, Strovolos

Nicosia

Cyprus

Website

State Inspectorate of Republic of Croatia

Šubićeva 29
10 000

Zagreb

Croatie

Website

Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria)

22 Maria. Louisa Bul.
1000

Sofia

Bulgaria

Website

Public Service of Wallonia – General Operational Direction No3, Environment & Agriculture (Belgium)

Avenue Prince de Liege 15
B 5000

Namur

Belgium

Website

Government of Flanders – Department of Environment & Spatial Development (Belgium)

Koning Albert II- Laan 20 Bus 8
B-1000

Brussels

Belgium

Website

Brussels Environment (Belgium)

Site de Tour et Taxis
Avenue du Port 86C / 3000, 1000

Brussels

Belgium

Website

Land Salzburg (Austria)

P.O.Box 527
A-5010

Salzburg

Austria

Website

Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Austria)

Stubenring 1
A-1010

Vienna

Austria

Website

Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania)

Blvd. Dëshmorët e Kombit, Nr. 1 1001

Tirana

Albania

Website

Association of Provinces of the Netherlands 

Brabantlaan 1
PO BOX 90151, 5200 MC

's Hertogenbosch

The Netherlands

Website

Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (The Netherlands)

P.O. Box 16191
2500BD

The Hague

The Netherlands

Website

Themis Network

Ady Endre ut 9-11

2000 Szentendre

Hungary

Website

European Federation of Environmental Health (EFEH)

Chadwick Court, 15 Hatfields

London SE1 8DJ

United Kingdom

Website

Environment Agency England (UK)

Horizon House
Deanery Road, BS1

5AH Bristol

United Kingdom

Website

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Forskarens väg 5

Östersund

Sweden

Website

Romanian National Environmental Guard

Bd. Unirii 78, BI.J2, Sector 3

Bucharest

Romania

Website

Czech Environmental Inspectorate (CEI)

Na Brehu 267
1900

Prague

Czech Republic

Website

 

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Observers

EU4Environment («European Union for Environment»)

Ms Olga Olson
OECD Environment Directorate, Green Growth and Global Relations Division
2 rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16
Paris
France
Website

European Federation of Environmental Health (EFEH)

Mr Henning Hansen
IFEH Europe Regional Group
Chadwick Court, 15 Hatfields
London SE1 8DJ
United Kingdom
Website

Themis Network

Mr Bruno Mesquita
hosted by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe
Ady Endre ut 9-11
2000 Szentendre
Hungary
Website


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