European Environmental Law

This leading monograph on European Environmental Law now completely updated and revised. Taking into account new case law of the Court of Justice, recent environmental directives and regulations and the new provisions of the Lisbon Treaty.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of important legal issues of European environmental law. What are the legal grounds for EU environmental policy and on what principles are directives and regulations based upon? To what extent preclude EU environmental directives more stringent national environmental standards? What are the requirements the Court of Justice has imposed on the Member States implementing environmental directives? To what extent can European environmental law be relied upon and challenged before national courts and the Court of Justice? How do the Treaty rules on the internal market and undistorted competition interfere with national environmental policy? Answers to these questions can be found in this book.

The book discusses all major environmental directives and regulations, integrating important judgments of the Court of Justice on their interpretation. Various national case law on the application of European environmental law is being taken into account.

About the authors
Jan H. Jans is professor of Administrative Law at the University of Groningen. He is also honory judge at the Assen District Court, vice-chairman of the Advisory Comittee on Appeals to the Netherlands Competition Authority, member of the Editorial board Journal of Environmental & Planning Law, Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Law and member of the Avosetta Group of European Environmental Lawyers.
Hans Vedder is professor of Economic Law at the University of Groningen. He is also honorary judge at the Leeuwarden Appeal Court and Member of the Advisory Comittee on Appeals to the Netherlands Competition Authority