08/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commission will adopt on Wednesday its White Paper on environmental liability, in the works since 1993. The objective is to establish a European framework for civil liability for environmental damage, under the polluter-pays principle, through: a) a system of traditional liability for damage to goods and persons; b) a specific system for damage to sites protected under the Natura 2000 network, which would oblige the polluter to return the sites to their...