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al issue in the European Union include the environmental issues identified by the European Union as well as its constituent states. The European Union has several federal bodies which create policy and practice across the constituent states.

Issues

Air pollution

A report from the European Environment Agency shows that

road transport Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads. Transport on roads can be roughly grouped into the transportation of goods and transportation of people. In many countries licensing requirements and safety regulations e ...

remains Europe's single largest air polluter.http://correu.cs.san.gva.es/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid:516 National Emission Ceilings (NEC) for certain atmospheric pollutants are regulated by NECD Directive 2001/81/EC (NECD). As part of the preparatory work associated with the revision of the NECD, the European Commission is assisted by the NECPI working group (National Emission Ceilings – Policy Instruments). Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (the new Air Quality Directive) has entered into force on 11 June 2008. Individual citizens can force their local councils to tackle air pollution, following an important ruling in July 2009 from the

European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice (ECJ, french: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Un ...

(ECJ). The EU's court was asked to judge the case of a resident of Munich,

Dieter Janecek Dieter Gerald Janecek (born 25 May 1976) is a German politician of the Green Party ( Alliance 90/The Greens) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013. From 2008 to 2014 Janecek was chairman of the Bavarian Green Party. ...

, who said that under the 1996 EU Air Quality Directive (

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of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management OJ L 296, 21.11.1996, p. 55. Directive as amended by

Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. Fo ...

of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1); Directives 96/62/EC, 1999/30/EC, 2000/69/EC and 2002/3/EC shall be repealed as from 11 June 2010) the Munich authorities were obliged to take action to stop pollution exceeding specified targets. Janecek then took his case to the ECJ, whose judges said European citizens are entitled to demand air quality action plans from local authorities in situations where there is a risk that EU limits will be overshot.

Legislation

Climate change

Protected areas

Policy

Renewable energy

European Green Deal

Pesticides

Invasive species

Government organizations

EEA

Climate Programme

Directorate General

By state

References

External links

Environment
at EUROPA, the portal site of the European Union

- Nature and Biodiversity
recyclingportal.eu
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