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The materials provided below on the EU Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) and related issues include links to the EU ELD and related Directives. Also provided is the link to the European Commission, DG Environment.
European Union Directives
Environmental Liability Directive
“Directive 2004/35/CE of The European Parliament and of The Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage”. Official Journal of the European Communities of 30 April 2004 (L 143). (Environmental Liability Directive)
Related Directives (In Force)
Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directives 85/337/EED, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/ED, 2001/80/ED, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006
Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the Control of Major-Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances.” Official Journal of the European Communities. (L 345/97) 31 December 2003. (Seveso II Directive)
“Directive 2000/60/EC of The European Parliament and of The Council of 23 October 2000 Establishing a Framework for Community Action in the Field of Water Policy”. Official Journal of the European Communities. 22 December 2000. (Water Framework Directive)
“Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 Concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control”. (OJ L 257 , 10/10/1996 P. 0026 – 0040) (IPPC Directive)
“Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora”. (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7), as Amended 29 September 2003. (Habitats Directive)
“Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the Conservation of Wild Birds”. (OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1), as Amended 14 April 2003. (Birds Directive)
Related Directives (Proposed)
“Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of the environment through criminal law”: This Proposed Directive will identify certain environmental offences, if committed intentionally or with serious negligence, as criminal throughout the Community. [Initially proposed in ]
“Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework for the protection of soil and amending Directive 2004/35/EC”: This Proposed Directive will establish a soil protection policy at the Community-wide level. [Initially propsoed in ]
For further information on the ELD and related activities, see:
European Commission, DG Environment
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