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Multilateral Compliance Mechanisms in EU Environmental Law
Internationalising EU Environmental Action and Beyond
9781035302598 Edward Elgar Publishing
Prompted by recent events in the EU’s international environmental cooperation, this thought-provoking book explores the establishment and use of multilateral environmental compliance mechanisms as part of the EU’s external environmental action. Expanding upon current discussions in external relations law, this timely book uses a doctrinal approach to analyse EU engagement with this key instrument of treaty-based international environmental governance.
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Prompted by recent events in the EU’s international environmental cooperation, this thought-provoking book explores the establishment and use of multilateral environmental compliance mechanisms as part of the EU’s external environmental action.
Expanding upon current discussions in external relations law, this timely book uses a doctrinal approach to analyse EU engagement with a key instrument of international environmental governance. The author examines the role of compliance mechanisms in EU environmental action, from establishing these treaty-based mechanisms within EU legal boundaries, to utilising non-compliance decisions at EU level. The book concludes with an evaluation of the extent to which EU law enables the EU to preserve, protect, and improve the global environment with the aid of compliance mechanisms, as required by its own Treaties.
Multilateral Compliance Mechanisms in EU Environmental Law will be an essential resource for scholars in environmental law, European law, international relations, and public international law. It will also be beneficial for EU officials and policymakers, and environmental advocates and campaigners.
Expanding upon current discussions in external relations law, this timely book uses a doctrinal approach to analyse EU engagement with a key instrument of international environmental governance. The author examines the role of compliance mechanisms in EU environmental action, from establishing these treaty-based mechanisms within EU legal boundaries, to utilising non-compliance decisions at EU level. The book concludes with an evaluation of the extent to which EU law enables the EU to preserve, protect, and improve the global environment with the aid of compliance mechanisms, as required by its own Treaties.
Multilateral Compliance Mechanisms in EU Environmental Law will be an essential resource for scholars in environmental law, European law, international relations, and public international law. It will also be beneficial for EU officials and policymakers, and environmental advocates and campaigners.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book is situated at the fascinating and insufficiently explored interface between EU and international environmental law. More specifically, in light of the EU’s legal framework, it considers how the EU may or may not use compliance mechanisms established by international agreements to further its environmental objectives. Rich in examples, context and doctrinal analysis, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between EU and public international law.’
– Joanne Scott, European University Institute
‘Through the lens of compliance mechanisms, this topical book thoroughly analyses the tension between the EU’s brief to internationalise its environmental action and the boundaries set by EU law itself. It offers an original perspective on how the EU needs to find ways to square international environmental action and its claim to autonomy.’
– Ramses A. Wessel, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
– Joanne Scott, European University Institute
‘Through the lens of compliance mechanisms, this topical book thoroughly analyses the tension between the EU’s brief to internationalise its environmental action and the boundaries set by EU law itself. It offers an original perspective on how the EU needs to find ways to square international environmental action and its claim to autonomy.’
– Ramses A. Wessel, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Contents
Contents: 1. Setting the scene: rising tensions in the EU’s external environmental action 2. Global environmental pressures, the EU and effective
environmental treaties 3. Compliance mechanisms and their contribution to effective environmental treaties 4. Establishing compliance mechanisms and working with EU law boundaries 5. Participating in compliance mechanisms and relying on EU law principles 6. Deciding under compliance mechanisms and making it matter for EU law 7. Final reflections and conclusions: multilateral compliance mechanisms as part of EU environmental law Annex: The EU’s environmental treaties with compliance mechanisms Bibliography Index
environmental treaties 3. Compliance mechanisms and their contribution to effective environmental treaties 4. Establishing compliance mechanisms and working with EU law boundaries 5. Participating in compliance mechanisms and relying on EU law principles 6. Deciding under compliance mechanisms and making it matter for EU law 7. Final reflections and conclusions: multilateral compliance mechanisms as part of EU environmental law Annex: The EU’s environmental treaties with compliance mechanisms Bibliography Index
