EU environmental principles — definition?
Guiding norms for environmental protection in the EU.
Treaty Article 191 — role?
Defines EU environmental policy aims and principles.
Principles of EU Law — purpose?
Provide a binding legal framework for environmental governance.
Prevention Principle — mechanism?
Early measures to avoid scientifically proven risks.
Precautionary Principle — trigger?
Action despite scientific uncertainty about potential harm.
Polluter Pays — concept?
Polluters bear costs of pollution management.
Integration Principle — application?
Embed environmental protection across all EU policies.
Participation Principle — rights?
Access to info, decision-making, and justice in environmental matters.
Article 3 TEU — objective?
Sustainable development as a core EU goal.
Article 191 TFEU — focus?
Environmental policy aims, principles, and legal force.
Charter Article 37 — right?
Right to high environmental protection and quality.
Precaution vs Prevention — difference?
Precaution acts despite uncertainty; prevention relies on known risks.
Polluter Pays — legal tools?
Liability, taxation, regulation, offsetting.
EU Treaty of Amsterdam — significance?
Introduced the explicit integration principle into EU law.
Participation — key instruments?
Aarhus Convention, EU directives on info and justice.
Environmental governance — basis?
Principles, case law, treaties, and international agreements.
Test your knowledge with 8 questions on EU Environmental Principles and Foundations.
1. Who proposed or introduced the integration principle into EU law?
2. When was the legal framework formalizing the EU's environmental principles, including the precautionary, prevention, and polluter pays principles, established?
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