environmental law of the European Union

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European Union law body of law environmental law

Environmental law of the European Union is the body of EU legislation and regulations aimed at protecting the environment, addressing issues such as pollution control, climate change, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable resource use across member states.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Union environmental acquis	1
European Union environmental law	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union law ⓘ body of law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
aimsTo	combat climate change ⓘ preserve protect and improve the quality of the environment ⓘ promote measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems ⓘ protect human health ⓘ prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources ⓘ
allows	member states to maintain or introduce more stringent protective measures subject to EU law ⓘ
appliesTo	European Union member states NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple	polluter pays principle ⓘ precautionary principle ⓘ prevention principle ⓘ rectification of environmental damage at source ⓘ
coLegislatedBy	Council of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ European Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Environment Council configuration ⓘ
implementedBy	decisions ⓘ directives ⓘ international environmental agreements concluded by the EU ⓘ recommendations ⓘ regulations ⓘ
includesInstrument	Birds Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ EU Emissions Trading System NERFINISHED ⓘ Environmental Impact Assessment Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ Environmental Liability Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ Habitats Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ Industrial Emissions Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ REACH Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ Water Framework Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesPolicyArea	air quality ⓘ biodiversity protection ⓘ chemicals regulation ⓘ climate change adaptation ⓘ climate change mitigation ⓘ environmental impact assessment ⓘ environmental information and public participation ⓘ environmental liability ⓘ industrial pollution control ⓘ marine environment protection ⓘ nature conservation ⓘ noise pollution ⓘ soil protection ⓘ strategic environmental assessment ⓘ sustainable use of resources ⓘ waste management ⓘ water protection ⓘ
influencedBy	international environmental law ⓘ multilateral environmental agreements ⓘ
interpretedBy	Court of Justice of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasisIn	Treaty on European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLegalBasisArticle	Article 191 TFEU ⓘ Article 192 TFEU ⓘ Article 193 TFEU ⓘ
monitoredBy	European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	high level of environmental protection ⓘ
relatedToPolicy	EU Biodiversity Strategy NERFINISHED ⓘ EU Climate and Energy Framework NERFINISHED ⓘ European Green Deal NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	transposition of directives into national law by member states ⓘ
scope	cross-border environmental problems within the EU ⓘ global environmental issues involving the EU ⓘ
supportedByAgency	European Environment Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

acquis communautaire → includes → environmental law of the European Union ⓘ

United Kingdom planning law → influencedBy → environmental law of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union environmental law

environmental policy of Luxembourg → basedOn → environmental law of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union environmental acquis