The Future Directive on Environmental Liability
A tool to implement the precautionary principle?
- Publication
- Citation
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.