The X-cutting Expert Team is set-up to support regulatory practitioners who are responsible for the development of systems, processes, procedures and new ways of working. The team is primarily concerned with x-cutting regulatory systems rather than sector specific ones. The aims of the team are:
- To make regulators more efficient & effective
- Identify and develop overarching tools to support regulators and the implementation of new regulation
- To contribute to the development of capacity within member organisations and of a level playing field within Europe
- To work on the identification and contribution to the solution of specific problems
Introduction video
Key areas
- Legal framework for inspections
- Compliance assurance
- Peer reviews & capacity building
- Permitting
- Enforcement
- Data analysis & sampling
- Alternatives approaches (eg. Choosing appropriate interventions)
- Environmental Management Systems
- Reporting and indicators
- Information technology in regulation (eg. Apps, handhelds, integrated databases etc)
- Better/smarter regulation
Relevant legislation
- Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States (RMCEI)
- 7th Environmental Action Programme
Projects
Tools
- Financial Provision for Environmental Liabilities – Practical Guide
- Good practices in energy efficiency in permitting and inspections
- Doing the right things methodology for permitting – Comparison
- Neighbourhood dialogue – Toolkit
- Checklist for assessing legislation on practicability and enforceability
Contacts
- Expert Team leader: Martine Blondeel (Belgium)
- Deputy Team Leader: Francesco Andreotti (Italy)