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The Future Directive on Environmental Liability

 
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The Future Directive on Environmental Liability

A tool to implement the precautionary principle?

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Beyer, Peter 2004: The Future Directive on Environmental Liability – A tool to implement the precautionary principle? Ecologic Institute: Berlin.

This paper analyses to what extent the new EC Directive on Environmental Liability sets an incentive for the potentially liable parties to invest in measures to minimise risk and through a system of strict liability triggers precautionary measures that go beyond the existing legal requirements. The paper is available for download.

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English
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Dr. Peter Beyer
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7 pp.
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environmental liability, precautionary principle, environmental law, European Union
Europe