Environmental Liability

• Parliament and Council 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
  A controversial and potentially far-reaching piece of EC legislation aimed at preventing environmental damage by forcing industrial polluters to pay prevention and remediation costs.

Access to Information

• Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive  90/313/EEC
  Considering technical developments, directive 2003/4 secures the right of access to environmental information for the public and a highly electronic availability

IPPC

• Council Directive 96/61 of 24 September 1996 concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC)
  To achieve integrated prevention and control of pollution, this directive lays down measures, designed to prevent or reduce emissions, pollution and waste, without prejudice to the abovementioned directive 1985/337/EEC.

Other

• Regulation (EC) No 1641/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network
  This Regulation establishes the European Environment Agency and aims at the setting-up of a European environment information and observation network, in order to provide objective, reliable and comparable information.
• Commission Decision 2005/844/Euratom of 25 November 2005 concerning the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
  Considering that twenty-four Member States (including all “old” Member States) are contracting parties to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, the decision was taken that the European Atomic Energy Community should also accede to the above-mentioned Convention. See for the text of the Convention Legislation, International Agreements
• Commission Decision 2005/845/Euratom of 25 November 2005 concerning the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Convention on Assistance in the case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency
  Considering that twenty-three Member States (including all “old” Member States) are parties to the Convention on Assistance in the case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, the European Atomic Energy Community should also accede to the above-mentioned Convention. See for the text of the Convention Legislation, International Agreements