Contents

Overview of EU policy: Supporting policy

Journal:
Manual of European Environmental Policy
ISSN:
1467-0445
E-ISSN:
1740-3529
Publisher:
Routledge,
DOI:
10.3763/meep.2010.0156
Author:
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Information last updated:
December 2011
Publication date:
December 2011

There exist a number of measures currently in place that span all European Union (EU) environmental policy areas. This chapter provides a detailed analysis of those horizontal measures aimed at integrating into EU environmental legislation policy tools used in assessing the impact of particular projects and activities on the environment. It also reviews measures aimed at promoting environmental rights through involving the public and civil society organizations in formulating and implementing responses to the environmental challenges faced by the EU, facilitating access to information on the environment held by public authorities, and improving the accessibility and availability of those administrative and judicial procedures framing EU environmental legislation. Finally, the chapter also summarizes developments in legislation on the enforcement and sanctioning procedures linked to violation of Community legislation on the environment.

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