Environment

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Chapter 15 in Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, 2025, pp 326-347 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: EEA environmental law largely corresponds with EU environmental law. Articles 73-5 EEA, which mirror Articles 191-3 TFEU, lay down important environmental objectives and principles. Secondary legislation must be interpreted consistently with these rules. They also constitute grounds for judicial review of acts and omissions by national authorities as well as EEA institutions. The same goes for fundamental rights derived from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), in particular Articles 2 and 8, which constitute general principles of EEA law. The substantive scope of environmental law is probably the same in the EEA and the EU, but the geographical scope of the EEA does not necessarily extend to the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the continental shelf. The rules on freedom of movement and state aid are not serious impediments for environmental action and the latter may in fact serve to enforce environmental obligations.

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Date: 2025
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