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Proceedings of the International Enforcement Conference

Author
various authors
Date
1990
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-062245)
Publisher | Place of publication
United States Agency / UNEP / Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment (VROM) / | The Hague, The Netherlands
Pages
132 p.
Document type
Conference, symposium etc. document/report
Conference name | place | date
International Enforcement Conference | Utrecht | 19900508 -19900510
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America, Sweden, European Union, Netherlands
Subject
Water, Environment gen., Air & atmosphere, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Transboundary movement of waste Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution
Abstract

Contents: Theme 1: DOMESTIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM STRATEGIES, TOOLS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 1. Overview of compliance and enforcement in the U.S.: Philosophy, strategies and management tools 2. Target group management industry and internal company environment management 3. A survey of U.S. environmental enforcement authorities, tools and remedies 4. Small business compliance, the role of local communitie communities 5. Practical applications of an enforcement management system 6. Criminal enforcement of environmental legislation 7. Legal and technical cooperation for effective environmental enforcement 8. Another country's system: Sweden THEME 2: DOMESTIC INTERGOVERNMENTAL ENFORCEMENT RELATIONSHIPS 1. Defining and implementing effective federal/state local relationships: The U.S. experience 2. State perspective in U.S. enforcement relationship 3. European Community's prospects for enforcement of directives THEME 3: INTERNATIONAL TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION PROBLEMS 1: The import/export of hazardous waste and toxic substances: The U.S. enforcement experience 2. Netherlands case study in enforcement of hazardous waste import/export 3. Waste movement: European community and outside 4. Pesticide export and import enforcement programs in the U.S. THEME 4: ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 1. An overview of enforcement and compliance mechanisms in international environmental agreements 2. Challenge of enforcing the Montreal Protocol on Protection of Stratospheric Ozone 3a. Ocean pollution - protection of the seas 3b. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency efforts to control ocean dumping 4. Enforcing environmental agreements within the European Community 5. The Basel Convention and its enforcement 6. The example of the Chemical Weapons Convention

Other references

Treaty

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Treaty | Multilateral | Basel |

Keyword: Waste disposal, Technology transfer, Transport/storage, Hazardous waste, Pollution control, Data collection/reporting, Enforcement/compliance, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Waste management, Offences/penalties, Recycling/reuse, Dispute settlement, Transboundary movement of waste, Liability/compensation

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-001003)

Treaty

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Treaty | Multilateral | Montreal |

Keyword: Ozone layer

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-000953)