PART 2 chap 1 : EU Environmental Law Instruments

<p>International agreements</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It determines the level of margin for Member States to intervene and adopt their own national measures</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To apply the EU general principles in practice</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A set of principles applied by the European Court of Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Article 191</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that a fine should be proportionate to the aims pursued</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An approach to risk management where a policy or action is not pursued if it might cause harm</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>December 2009</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To bring consistency and clarity to the rights established in individual EU Member States</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that sufficient information must be made public to enable parties to know what the law is and to comply with it</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle of not discriminating against people who are in the same situation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure the safe use of chemicals in the EU</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations, and opinions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The precautionary principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure the uniform application of Union law in all Member States</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are superseded by the EU Regulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regulations are directly applicable, while Directives require transposing acts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To improve the protection of human health and the environment from chemicals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decisions are binding only to whom they are addressed, while Regulations are binding in their entirety</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To control major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>National legislators must adopt a transposing act</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are binding only to whom they are addressed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regulations are binding in their entirety, while Decisions are binding only to whom they are addressed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To list the acts that are legally binding</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To conserve all marine life in the Antarctic ecosystem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Recommendation provides guidance on EU law, while an Opinion expresses an institution's view</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It provides access to EU secondary legislation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>(body/act/domain) YYYY/no + date</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To express the Committee's view on the clean air policy package</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reduced opportunities for cross-border trading of green products</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To promote the use of common methods to measure environmental performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To approve the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An expression of the Committee's view</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To conserve all marine life in the Antarctic ecosystem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Primary legislation and secondary legislation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It determines the margin of intervention for Member States to adopt their own national measures</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To apply EU general principles in practice</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sectoral and cross-cutting issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regulations are directly applicable, while Directives require transposition into national law</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To address specific situations or provide implementation details</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Non-binding instruments with no legal force</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It has steadily expanded, but recently reached maturity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that an action, decision or regulation should not be more severe or stricter than is necessary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that a law takes effect only after it is published, and sufficient information must be made public to enable parties to know what the law is and to comply with it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An approach to risk management whereby if there is the possibility that a given policy or action might cause harm to the public or the environment, and there is still no scientific consensus on the issue, the policy or action in question should not be pursued.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that you do not treat differently persons who are in the same situation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The right to have one's affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To bring consistency and clarity to the rights established at different times and in different ways in individual EU Member States.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regulations, directives, and decisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To regulate the production and use of chemicals in the EU.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that you do not treat differently persons who are in the same situation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In December 2009, when the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main purpose of EU regulations is to ensure the uniform application of Union law in all Member States. They supersede national laws incompatible with their substantive provisions and are directly applicable without the need for transposition into national law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>National legislators must adopt their own national laws, known as transposing acts, to transpose EU directives and bring national law into line with the objectives of the directives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EU decisions are binding in their entirety, but only to whom they are addressed, whereas EU regulations are binding in their entirety and directly applicable to all Member States.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Article 288 TFEU lists the legally binding EU legal acts, including regulations, directives, and decisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EU regulations, such as the REACH regulation, have a broad impact on companies across the EU, as they set out uniform rules and standards that must be complied with.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EU directives require national implementing measures to transpose them into national law, making them applicable in the Member State legal system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EU regulations are directly applicable, whereas EU directives require transposition into national law through national implementing measures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Seveso Directive is aimed at improving the safety of sites containing large quantities of dangerous substances, and it is an example of EU environmental law in action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EU institutions adopt only those legal instruments listed in Article 288 TFEU, which includes regulations, directives, and decisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The EU's legal system, including regulations, directives, and decisions, ensures the uniform application of Union law across Member States, promoting consistency and coherence in the implementation of EU law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The conservation of all marine life, including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and birds, south of 60o South latitude and in the area between that latitude and the Antarctic Convergence which form part of the Antarctic marine ecosystem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide guidance as to the interpretation and content of Union law, but are not legally binding.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide a common method to assess and communicate environmental performance, reducing confusion and mistrust in environmental performance information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a database that provides free access to EU legislation, allowing searches by word, document number, date, OJ reference, CELEX number, and more.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Recommendation calls upon the party to behave in a particular way without placing them under any legal obligation, while an Opinion allows the institutions to make a statement in a non-binding way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To approve the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources on behalf of the EU.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It leads to confusion and mistrust in environmental performance information, and may result in additional costs for businesses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a non-binding statement that may prepare the way for subsequent, legally binding acts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The format is (body/act/domain) YYYY/no + date.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide a non-binding statement on the clean air policy package for Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers