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General provisions
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General provisions
The Sixth Environment Action Programme, which was adopted in July 2002, sets out the EU’s priorities for the period to 2010. Four areas are singled out for priority action: climate change, nature and biodiversity, the environment and health, and the management of natural resources and waste. EU environment policy is guided by the precautionary principle and the “polluter pays” principle. Various institutional, financial and management instruments are available to ensure that it is implemented effectively. The involvement of the general public is also a key part of environment policy.
POLICY FRAMEWORK
- Sixth Environment Action Programme
- Environment Policy Review – 2008
- 2007 Environment Policy Review
TRANSVERSAL POLICY OBJECTIVES
- Environment and health strategy
- Ecolabel
- Sustainable Consumption, Production and Industry Action Plan
ORGANISATIONS AND AGENCIES
- European Environment Agency
- Regulatory framework for the management of chemicals (REACH), European Chemicals Agency
- Scientific Committees for consumer safety, public health and the environment
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
- Towards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS)
- European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)
- European Earth monitoring programme (GMES)
- Infrastructure for Spatial Information (INSPIRE)
- Marine knowledge 2020
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
General Obligations
- Environmental liability
- The precautionary principle
- Assessment of the effects of plans and programmes on the environment
- Évaluation d’impact de certains projets sur l’environnement
(FR) - Environmental inspections: minimum criteria
- Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection
Management instruments
- Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
- A programme for clean and competitive SMEs
- Environmental agreements
- Integration of environmental aspects into European standardisation
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
- Programme LIFE+
- The operational priorities of the European Investment Bank
- Environmental taxes and charges
APPLICATION AND CONTROL OF COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
- Access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters
- Application of the Aarhus Convention to the EU institutions
- Freedom of access to information
- Access to justice in environmental matters
- Protection of the environment through criminal law
- Implementation of Community environmental law in 2004