Tarjetas de memoria: EU Environmental Principles and Foundations — 16 tarjetas

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.