Guidelines clarifying the scope of the term ‘environmental damage’ in the Directive on Environmental Liability (2004/35/EC) were adopted by the European Commission on Thursday 25 March to facilitate a common understanding of this concept.
They will provide greater legal clarity, “by making it clearer when operators are liable for environmental damage that they cause”, according to European Commissioner for Environment Virginijus Sinkevičius.
The Directive establishes a liability...