Ecocentric Consulting

environmental consulting

Environmental Regulation

 

We have project experience in the following areas:

  • Better Regulation

  • Impact Assessment

  • Environmental Penalties

  • Criminal and Civil Sanctions

  • Transposition and Implementation

  • Complaint Handling and Mediation Mechanisms

  • Environmental Liability

  • Earth Observation Monitoring

Examples of our experience in regulation projects are provided below.

Compliance assessment of measures by the United Kingdom and Gibraltar transpose Directive 2015/1513, amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, 2021 for DG Environment, European Commission.

Improving financial security in the context of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD), 2021, for DG Environment, European Commission.

Implementation of the Natura 2000, Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and Birds Directive 79/409/EEC, Preparation for an ex-post Territorial Impact Assessment, 2016, for the European Committee of the Regions.

Conformity Checking of Measures by the United Kingdom and Gibraltar to Transpose Directive 2012/27/EU (Energy Efficiency Directive), 2015 for DG Energy, European Commission.

Conformity Checking of Measures by the United Kingdom and Gibraltar to Transpose Directive 2010/31/EU (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive), 2014 – 2015 for DG Energy, European Commission.

The Transposition and Implementation of European Community Environmental Legislation in the United Kingdom, 2013,for Copenhagen University, Government of Denmark.

Information collection and Impact Assessment of possible requirements for environmental inspections in the area of EU legislation on water, nature protection and trade in certain environmentally sensitive goods, 2013, for DG Environment, European Commission.

Environmental complaint handling and mediation mechanisms at national level, 2012, for DG Environment, European Commission.

Impact of Better Regulation on EU Environmental Policy under the Sixth Environment Action Programme, 2010, for the Brussels Institute for Environmental Management.

Implementation Report on Waste Legislation. A study evaluating the implementation of seven waste Directives, 2009, for DG Environment, European Commission.

Satellite Monitoring as a Legal Compliance Tool in the Environmental Sector, 2008, for The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Study on The Responses to the Consultation on the Proposed Regulation Transposing the Environmental Liability Directive, 2007, for DEFRA, UK Government.

Implications of the Limitations in the European Communities Act 1972 on Maximum Penalties, 2006, for The Cabinet Office, UK Government.

The Prague Statement: Competitiveness and the Environment, an evidence review, 2006, for The Environment Agency (England and Wales).

Conformity Checking of Measures by the United Kingdom and Gibraltar to Transpose Twenty Directives in the Sector of the Environment, 2005, DG Environment, European Commission. 

Criminal Sanctions for the Enforcement of EC Directives on the Environment in the United Kingdom, 2003, for Hugo Lepage Law Firm.

The Transposition in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar of EC Directive 85/337 on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Public and Private Projects on the Environment, As Amended by Directive 97/11/EC, 2001, for the European Commission

APERTURE, Legal Implications of Satellite Imagery for Environmental Law Enforcement, 2000, for JRC, European Commission.