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Seminar "Main Principles of EU Environmental Law"

29 ago 2014
EIPA

Luxemburgo, 9-10 de outubro de 2014

With more than 200 legal acts currently in force at EU level, environment represents one of the most densefar-reaching areas of EU law.

EU environmental law covers a wide range of topics: both sectoral, such as for example waste management, nature protectionwater management;horizontal, such as public participation in environmental decision-making, environmental impact assessmentaccess to justice. All these topics are governed by a number of environmental principles, both at EUnational level.

This seminar offers a comprehensive overview of the main principles which govern EU environmental law, such as the ‘polluter pays’ principle, the precautionary principle, the prevention principle,the rectification at source of environmental damage. The crucial issue of access to justice in environmental matters will also be covered.

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Programme - Online registration - Complete information package (pdf)