The European Impact Assessment and the Environment

2010
ISBN: 978-3-642-43278-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 260 g

This volume contains papers presented in a workshop of international experts in September 2008 in Berlin. The experts discussed how environmental consequences of EU legislation can be incorporated in a more effective way. In other words, this contribution focuses on the question of which measures can strengthen the cons- eration of environmental effects in the EU impact assessment procedure and in the subsequent legislative decision-making process. This allows drawing conclusions for the impact assessment process in Germany. This volume begins with an introductory paper (Bizer/Lechner/Führ) which served as the basis for discussion in our workshop. The questions raised in this paper are addressed by the authors of the subsequent chapters. Stephen White (DG Environment, EU-Commission) discusses the impact assessment from an int- nal perspective within the Commission. Pendo Maro (European Environmental Bureau) reviews the impact assessment practice from the perspective of an en- ronmental NGO. Martin Schmidt et al. discuss the potential for more formalism to strengthen environmental issues within impact assessments and favour a checklist.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bizer, Kilian

Führ, Martin

Lechner, Sebastian

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Improving the Integrated European Impact Assessment?.- Impact Assessment – Experience from the European Commission.- Views of the European Environmental Bureau on the Commission’s Impact Assessment Procedure – With a Focus on Environment.- The Proportionate Impact Assessment of the European Commission – Towards More Formalism to Backup “The Environment”.- Proportionate Impact Assessment: Discretion, Formalism, and the Undefined Responsibilities of European Decision-Makers.- Multi-Criteria Analysis for Policy Evaluation.- Conclusions.