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By a motion for a resolution and a parliamentary question, a key member of the European Parlement urges the European Commission to take firm measures to ensure a good and even enforcement of environmental laws throughout the European Community.The European Commission has been reviewing the “Recommendations on minimum criteria for environmental inspections”. In its conclusions, the European Commissions identified that still large disparities exist in the way environmental inspections are carried out by the Member States, that the recommendations are inadequate and that they do not cover all pieces of environmental legislation.
As environmental policy aims can only be reached by a full implementation of the rules that are developed to protect the environment, the European Parliament asks for stronger and legally binding tools to ensure an effective enforcement of those rules.
One of the suggestions is the establishment of a Community Environmental Inspection Force and the strenghtening the European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL).