Chapters

• Principles of European Environmental Law
• Contents
• Principles of environmental law
• Sustainable development
• Rio Declaration (1992)
• UNFCCC (1992)
• United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015, New York
• International case law
• TEU
• TEU (in General provisions on the Union's external action)
• TFEU
• Charter of fundamental rights
• None of the provisions in TEU, TFEU, Charter have direct legal consequences
• Secundary law
• Case law CJEU
• Integration principle
• Rio Declaration (1992)
• TFEU
• Is principle strong enough in the EU policies?
• Preventive principle
• No harm principle
• International case law
• Principle of prevention
• International case law
• TFEU
• European Court of Justice
• Precautionary principle
• States should not wait to take preventive measures
• Precautionary v. preventive principle
• Burden of proof
• Precautionary principle has been included in many international documents
• Reversal of burden of proof?
• WTO
• TFEU
• European Court of Justice: examples
• Rectifying damage at source
• TFEU and case law by CJEU
• Polluter Pays Principle
• OECD
• TFEU