Papers by Geert Van Calster
European Energy and Environmental Law Review
The environment was not high on the IGC agenda. The environmental improvements of the Amsterdam T... more The environment was not high on the IGC agenda. The environmental improvements of the Amsterdam Treaty are nevertheless remarkable. Sustainable development has been made a Union objective, together with the principle of a high level of environmental protection; the provisions of Article 100A (the environmental guarantee) have been clarified; the integration principle has been strengthened; all EC environmental legislation will now be drafted following the improved co-decision procedure; the horizontal principles of subsidiarity and proportionality will have to be tailored to environmental policy; the case for making the Union more transparent and the declaration on the improvement of Community legislation could benefit environmental policy; and finally, the uncertainty surrounding the "right to protection of the environment" prevented its inclusion in the Treaty. The changes made in Amsterdam with respect to environmental policy are more than merely cosmetic.
European Energy and Environmental Law Review
European Environmental Law Review, 1999
Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 2001
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Papers by Geert Van Calster