Management and prevention measures for waste, air quality and biodiversity are among the main challenges faced by all member states of the EU, but there is now a bespoke new tool in place to improve their implementation of EU environmental legislation, with the first country-by-country implementation report or 'EIR' (Environmental Implementation Review), which was published by the European Commission on Monday 6 February (see EUROPE 11701).
The EIR process was announced in May 2016 to...