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To fulfill its mission of exchanges of experience and knowledge COMMON FORUM holds regular meetings to discuss current legal, technical and organizational issues in the field of contaminated land management and land recycling with respect to “sustainable resource protection”.
Several types of actions are currently conducted:
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It is now in place in some EU countries (the Netherlands, France or Austria). Considered as the third generation of legal frameworks (1 – Drastic source control / inventories, 2 – risk assessment), it is based on 4 dimensions (fitness for use, protection of the environment, long term care and management constraints).
- Critical analysis of EU Directives proposals: the regulatory environment at the European level is quite complex now.
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- Technical support to network members on specific issues.
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Proposal of technical guidance documents for EU Directives implementation (e.g. guidance values for contaminated soil management, application of the polluter pays principle, how to tackle uncertainties, INSPIRE consultation for soil data collection).
When possible, common views are developed and expertise is offered to the European Commission, relevant stakeholder networks and European Union research projects (via participation in advisory boards).
Collaboration has been established with the main European and International networks or initiatives operating in the same field such as NICOLE (industry and service providers), Sednet (Sediment management), Cabernet (Brownfield regeneration), Eurodemo+ (innovative technologies), Snowman (national research funders club) and IMPEL (European environmental inspectorate).
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