Here you can find a series of documents & links useful to support environmental inspection and enforcement activities.

Most of the documents shown below have been translated into Macedonian, you can find those Macedonian versions in the Macedonian version of this web.

1.Guidelines

• General Inspection Manual_160420 (word version)

• General Inspection Manual_160420 (pdf version)

• Annex 1 of manual; Inspection flowchart with references to corresponding sections in the manual_160111

• Annex 2 of manual: Template for the announcement of the inspection visit_151217

• Annex 3 of manual: Template for an inspection agenda_151029

• Annex 7 of manual: Template for Final Inspection Report of inspections to IED-IPPC-A_160420

• Annex 8 of manual: Template of an inspection report that can be made publicly available, and related guidance on classification of non compliances

• Annex 10 of manual: IRAM risk criteria for Macedonian installations_160216

• Annex 11 of manual: Short guidance for SEIs BPMS users_160302

• Informative leaflet for industrial operators about environmental inspection (ppt)

• Informative leaflet for industrial operators about environmental inspection (pdf)

• Template of inspection minutes for small incident/accident

• Guidance on how the environmental inspector should proceed in case of minor incident or accident affecting the environment

• Waste Watch IMPEL guidance booklet for the inspection of waste shipments (in Macedonian)

• Short guide on BAT on storage of hazardous and non-hazardous waste

• Guidance on “mirror code waste” classification

• Small guidance for proper sampling and control of self-monitoring reports from industrial operators (see also materials from missions 2.1.9 and 2.1.10 within activity 2.1)

2.Check lists

• Annex 4 of manual: Template for general inspection check list_160203

• Annex 5 of manual: Template for horizontal BATs check list_151125

• Sector factsheets and inspection checklists:

  • End-of-Life Vehicles’ processing facilities
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Landfills
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Waste oils
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Activities preparing plaster
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Large Combustion Plants
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Electric arc furnace iron & steel installations
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Meat processing facilities
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Wineries
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Breweries
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Pig & poultry farms
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Quarries & mines
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist
  • Stationary asphalt production facilities
    • Factsheet
    • Checklist

3.Other relevant outputs of the Twinning Project

• Assessment of the environmental inspection system in the Republic of Macedonia (March 2015)

• Legal assessment of existing administrative capacities for enforcement of environmental legislation at central and local levels (March 2015)

• Proposals for the improvement of the environmental inspection system in the Republic of Macedonia (June 2015)

• Analysis of existing documents used by environmental inspection authorities on both levels (April 2015)

• Training Needs Assessment of environmental inspectors at central and local level (June 2015)

• Table of concordance analyzing compatibility of the Law on Environment and Law on Inspection Supervision (March 2015)

• Assessment and update proposals for inspection plans and reports (May 2015)

• Alignment with minimum criteria for inspections in accordance with EU Recommendations (RMCEI), TFS Regulation & IED (June 2015)

• Training Programme for Inspection (September 2015)

• Draft of the Law on Environmental Inspection (March 2016)

• Table with list of key Twinning documents providing detailed background justification for several aspects included in the draft Law for Inspection on Environment, and also for some aspects which should be taken into consideration during the review of the Law on Inspection Supervision

• Long-term training curricula and capacity building proposals for environmental inspectors (September 2015)

• EU Law provisions related to environmental inspections (November 2015)

• Macedonian translation of article 23 of the Directive 2010-75-EUon Industrial Emissions, dealing with environmental inspections of IED installations

• Macedonian translation of the Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections

• Macedonian translation of template for multiannual inspection plan and annual inspection program that are aplicable in Spain

• Assessment of the current Business Process Management System used by SEI, and proposals for next steps to improve SEI's inspection software

• Document with proposals on performance indicators to evaluate the work of inspectors and the State Environmental Inspectorate

• Recommendations for soil pollution prevention, control and management of contaminated sites, and tips for sites polluted with lindane and HCHs

• SEI input for good reporting on IED-Seveso-III-EPRTR

• Implications of TFS Regulation on inspections

• Report with suggested template for publicly available inspection report, and classification of non compliances

• Report with information for operators and public about environmental inspection

• Report about follow-up projects and actions in the field of environmental inspection & enforcement

• Report about features and steps to establish a Network of Environmental Inspectors

4.Other useful links & reference documents

BREFs and BATs info:

• Best Available Techniques (BAT) for the management of tailings and waste-rock in mining activities
• Chapter 5 (BAT Conclusions) of final draft of BREF for intensive rearing for poultry and pigs
• Macedonian BAT guides
• Serbian BAT guides
• EU BREF documents (in English) and BAT Conclusions (in all EU languages, including Croatian)

Related projects:

• Twinning Project "Strenghtening the administrative capacities on central and local level for transposition and implementing new Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU"

Inspection Council

International networks and enforcement of environmental law:

• IMPEL Network
• IMPEL Newsletter with summary of projects & outputs
• International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE)
• INECE's environmental compliance and enforcement self-assessent tool
• European Environmental Law (EEL) website and free EEL News Service

In relation to EU projects and potential financing, please check:

• Delegation of the European Commission in Skopje
• CFCD – Central Financing and Contracting Department
• EuropeAid Cooperation Office
• EU Twinning Coordination Unit's website

Partners of the Twinning Project:

• Spain: Galician Regional Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructures, and FIIAPP
• The Netherlands: Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, RWS – Directorate Environment / Dutch Knowledge Centre InfoMil

Other organisations providing expertise for the implementation of the project:

• T.M.C. Asser Institute for International and European Law