Legislation and Policy

Legislation

• EU Directives:

Ambient Air Quality 96/62/EC
Access to Environmental Information 90/313/EEC
Environmental Impact Assessment 85/337/EEC

• Proposed Directives

  Noise COM (96) 540 (Due to come into force 2002)
  Benzene and Carbon Monoxide COM (1998) 591 (Proposed)
  Developing the Citizen's Network (COM (98) 431)
  Draft Access to Information Directive COM 2000 (400)

• International Conventions

  UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
  The Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

• Gateway to National Legislation

Policy

• 5th Environmental Action Programme of the European Union (1993-2000)
• 6th Environmental Action Programme of the European Community (2001-2010)
• Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe (EAP)
• Regular Report from the Commission on Progress towards Accession by each of the candidate countries, October 1999
• Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Guidelines (OECD) (2000)
• Overview of Instruments Relevant to Transport, Environment and Health and Recommendations for Further Steps - WHO Synthesis Report
• European Union strategy for Sustainable Development (2001)

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