ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY
May 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Parliament is preparing to strengthen the proposed European Union (EU) directive on environmental liability, which is designed to ensure that polluters pay for damage that they cause through intent or negligence.MEP's on the parliament's legal affairs and internal market committee are supporting amendments that would extend the scope of this legislation. For instance, they want it to include (in five years' time) nuclear and sea pollution, unless adequate international protocols are in place. Another amendment would broaden the ...
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