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EU environmental law and policy / David Langlet and Said Mahmoudi

Author:
Langlet, David
Published:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:
First edition.
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1 online resource
Additional Creators:
Mahmoudi, Said, 1948-
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Machine generated contents note: I.PRIMARY LAW, INSTITUTIONAL AND HISTORICAL PREMISES -- 1.The European Union and Its Structure -- 1.1.The Origin and Development of the European Union -- 1.2.The Nature of the European Union -- 1.3.The Institutional Structure -- 1.3.1.The European Council -- 1.3.2.The Council -- 1.3.3.The Commission -- 1.3.4.The European Parliament -- 1.3.5.The Court -- 1.3.6.The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions -- 1.4.The EFTA and the EEA -- 1.5.Sources of Law in the European Union -- 1.6.Priority and Direct Effect -- 1.7.Decision-making Procedures -- 1.8.Comitology -- 2.Objectives, Principles, and Resources -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Environment Action Programmes -- 2.2.1.The first four Action Programmes -- 2.2.2.The Fifth Environment Action Programme -- 2.2.3.The Sixth Environment Action Programme -- 2.2.4.The Seventh Environment Action Programme -- 2.3.Environmental Objectives and Policy -- 2.3.1.Historical development -- 2.3.2.Nature and limits of the environmental objectives -- 2.3.3.Geographical limits of EU environmental policy -- 2.4.Pertinent Principles -- 2.4.1.Sustainable development -- 2.4.2.Subsidiarity -- 2.4.3.Proportionality -- 2.4.4.A high level of protection -- 2.4.5.Precaution -- 2.4.6.Preventive action -- 2.4.7.Proximity -- 2.4.8.Polluter-pays principle -- 2.4.9.Integration -- 2.4.10.Sincere cooperation -- 2.4.11.Equal treatment and legal certainty -- 2.5.Institutional Development -- 2.6.Financial Instruments -- 3.Free Movement of Goods and the Room for Member State Action -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Quantitative Restrictions on Trade and Measures Having Equivalent Effect -- 3.3.Legitimising Trade Restrictive Measures -- 3.3.1.Environmental protection as a mandatory requirement -- 3.3.2.Developments since the Danish bottle case -- 3.3.3.Legitimate grounds for exceptions -- 3.3.4.Discrimination -- 3.3.5.Proportionality -- 3.3.6.Acceptable level of protection -- 3.4.Notification of Technical Standards -- 3.5.Environmental Taxes -- 4.Division and Exercise of Competence -- 4.1.Competence and Legal Bases -- 4.2.Environmental Policy as Legal Basis (Article 192 TFEU) -- 4.2.1.Decision-making under Article 192 -- 4.2.2.Factors to be taken account of and financing -- 4.2.3.More stringent protective measures -- 4.3.The Internal Market as a Legal Basis (Article 114 TFEU) -- 4.3.1.National provisions derogating from a harmonisation measure -- 4.3.2.New derogating national provisions -- 4.3.3.The Commission's assessment -- 4.4.Other Legal Bases -- 4.4.1.Agricultural and fisheries policy, Article 43 TFEU -- 4.4.2.Common commercial policy, Articles 206 and 207 TFEU -- 4.4.3.Transport, Article 91 TFEU -- 4.4.4.Energy, Article 194 TFEU -- 4.5.The Extent of the Harmonising Effect -- 4.6.Choice of Legal Basis -- 4.7.The EU's External Competence -- 4.7.1.Mixed agreements and exclusive competence -- 4.7.2.The status of international agreements in EU law -- 5.Monitoring the Application of Union Environmental Law and Sanctions -- 5.1.Member States' Obligations -- 5.2.Penalties for Individuals -- 5.3.Implementation of EU Law -- 5.4.The Infringement Procedure -- 5.4.1.Procedure before the Commission -- 5.4.2.Infringement cases before the Court -- 5.4.3.Sanction -- 5.5.Actions for Annulment and for Failure to Act -- 5.6.Preliminary Rulings -- 5.7.Access to Justice for Natural and Legal Persons -- II.SECONDARY LAW -- 6.Instruments, Approaches, and Trends in EU Secondary Environmental Law -- 7.Crosscutting Issues -- 7.1.Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) -- 7.1.1.Introduction -- 7.1.2.The EIA Directive -- 7.1.3.The SEA Directive -- 7.2.Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents (the Seveso Directive) -- 7.3.Ecolabelling -- 7.4.The EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) -- 7.5.Access to Information, Public Participation, and Access to Justice -- 7.5.1.Access to environmental information in the Member States -- 7.5.2.Public participation and access to justice in the Member States -- 7.5.3.Access to information, public participation, and access to justice regarding EU institutions and bodies -- 7.6.Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) -- 7.7.European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register -- 7.8.Environmental Liability -- 7.8.1.Environmental damage and applicability of the ELD -- 7.8.2.Obligations on operators and authorities -- 7.8.3.Cost recovery -- 7.8.4.Request for action and more protective measures -- 8.Industrial Emissions -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) -- 8.2.1.Annex I activities -- 8.2.2.BAT and emission limit values -- 8.2.3.Permits -- 8.2.4.Closure and remediation -- 8.2.5.Inspections and public participation -- 8.2.6.Special provisions on certain activities -- 8.2.7.Final Provisions -- 9.Air Quality and Noise -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe -- 9.3.National Emission Ceilings for Certain Atmospheric Pollutants -- 9.4.The Clean Air Policy Package -- 9.5.Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer -- 9.6.Emissions from Specific Sources -- 9.7.Noise -- 10.Water -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.The Water Framework Directive (WFD) -- 10.2.1.Environmental objectives -- 10.2.2.Exemptions and common implementation -- 10.2.3.Programmes of measures, monitoring, and management -- 10.2.4.Combined approach -- 10.2.5.Recovery of costs -- 10.2.6.Groundwater -- 10.2.7.Priority hazardous substances -- 10.3.Other Legal Acts on Water Protection -- 10.3.1.Urban waste-water treatment -- 10.3.2.Pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources -- 10.3.3.Bathing water quality -- 10.3.4.Water for human consumption -- 10.3.5.Flood risks -- 10.4.The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) -- 10.4.1.Targets, strategies, and monitoring -- 10.4.2.Programmes of measures -- 10.4.3.Exceptions -- 10.5.Ship-related Pollution -- 10.5.1.Ship-source pollution and penalties for infringements -- 10.5.2.Other acts on ship-related pollution -- 10.6.Offshore Oil and Gas Operations -- 10.7.Maritime Spatial Planning -- 11.Climate and Energy -- 11.1.Commitments, Distribution, and Monitoring -- 11.1.1.The climate and energy package -- 11.1.2.The 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework -- 11.1.3.Monitoring, accounting, and reporting -- 11.2.The EU ETS -- 11.2.1.Allocation of allowances -- 11.2.2.Aviation in the EU ETS -- 11.2.3.Issuance, surrender, and transfer of allowances -- 11.3.Sources of Greenhouse Gases Outside the EU ETS -- 11.3.1.Emissions of carbon dioxide from cars -- 11.3.2.Fluorinated greenhouse gases -- 11.4.Energy from Renewable Sources -- 11.5.Carbon Capture and Storage -- 11.6.Energy Efficiency -- 11.7.Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment -- 11.8.Ecodesign of Energy-using Products -- 11.9.Eco Labelling -- 12.Waste -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.The Framework Directive on Waste -- 12.2.1.The waste hierarchy and waste management -- 12.2.2.The problem of defining waste -- 12.2.3.By-products and end-of-waste -- 12.2.4.Responsibility for waste management and its costs -- 12.2.5.Hazardous waste -- 12.2.6.Waste management plans and waste prevention programmes -- 12.3.Shipments of Waste -- 12.4.Landfill of Waste -- 12.5.Specific Waste Streams -- 12.5.1.Packaging and packaging waste -- 12.5.2.End-of-life vehicles -- 12.5.3.Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) -- 12.5.4.Batteries and accumulators -- 12.5.5.PCB/PCT -- 12.5.6.Waste from extractive industries -- 12.5.7.Sludge -- 12.5.8.Ship-generated waste and cargo residues -- 12.5.9.Ship Recycling -- 13.Chemicals -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.REACH -- 13.2.1.Registration -- 13.2.2.Chemical safety report -- 13.2.3.Information in the supply chain -- 13.2.4.Substance evaluation -- 13.2.5.Authorisation and substitution -- 13.2.6.Restrictions -- 13.2.7.Harmonising effect -- 13.2.8.Further provisions -- 13.3.Classification, Labelling, and Packaging -- 13.4.Pesticides -- 13.4.1.Plant protection products -- 13.4.2.Sustainable use of pesticides -- 13.4.3.Maximum residue levels -- 13.4.4.Biocides -- 13.5.Export and Import of Dangerous Chemicals -- 13.6.Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) -- 13.7.Metallic Mercury -- 13.8.Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) -- 14.Genetically Modified Organisms -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Deliberate Release into the Environment -- 14.2.1.Deliberate release -- 14.2.2.Placing on the market -- 14.2.3.National prohibitions on cultivation -- 14.2.4.Food and feed -- 14.3.Contained Use -- 14.4.Transboundary Movements of GMOs -- 15.Biodiversity -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.The Conservation of Wild Birds -- 15.3.The Habitats Directive -- 15.3.1.Defining areas and species to be protected -- 15.3.2.Designation of areas -- 15.3.3.Protective measures -- 15.4.International Trade in Species of Wild Fauna and Flora -- 15.5.Invasive Species -- 15.6.Other Legal Acts and Strategies Protecting Biological Diversity.
Summary:
An accessible and comprehensive resource, this volume details the structure and logic of EU environmental law and enables readers to quickly gain a thorough understanding of the different areas of EU secondary law pertaining to the protection of the environment.
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ISBN:
9780191831904 (ebook)
Audience Notes:
Specialized.
Note:
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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