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The European Impact Assessment and the Environment


The European Impact Assessment and the Environment



von: Kilian Bizer, Sebastian Lechner, Martin Führ

96,29 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 03.08.2010
ISBN/EAN: 9783642116704
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 200

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This volume contains papers presented in a workshop of international experts in September 2008 in Berlin. The experts discussed how environmental consequences of EU legislation can be incorporated in a more effective way. In other words, this contribution focuses on the question of which measures can strengthen the cons- eration of environmental effects in the EU impact assessment procedure and in the subsequent legislative decision-making process. This allows drawing conclusions for the impact assessment process in Germany. This volume begins with an introductory paper (Bizer/Lechner/Führ) which served as the basis for discussion in our workshop. The questions raised in this paper are addressed by the authors of the subsequent chapters. Stephen White (DG Environment, EU-Commission) discusses the impact assessment from an int- nal perspective within the Commission. Pendo Maro (European Environmental Bureau) reviews the impact assessment practice from the perspective of an en- ronmental NGO. Martin Schmidt et al. discuss the potential for more formalism to strengthen environmental issues within impact assessments and favour a checklist.
Improving the Integrated European Impact Assessment?.- Impact Assessment – Experience from the European Commission.- Views of the European Environmental Bureau on the Commission’s Impact Assessment Procedure – With a Focus on Environment.- The Proportionate Impact Assessment of the European Commission – Towards More Formalism to Backup “The Environment”.- Proportionate Impact Assessment: Discretion, Formalism, and the Undefined Responsibilities of European Decision-Makers.- Multi-Criteria Analysis for Policy Evaluation.- Conclusions.
The European Commission requires an impact assessment report for any regulation proposed. This book analyzes the quality of impact assessments and discusses deficits and possible improvements. Based on 30 case studies of impact assessments, an institutional analysis of the relevant actors is conducted, which shows that there are many shortcomings, among them an incentive problem concerning desk officers in the European Commission. The book includes various articles which address controversial problems and possible solutions. It offers a comprehensive overview of the practice of impact assessment in the EC, as well as an institutional analysis of the processes involved and of the checks and balances between politicians and their administration.
The book offers a comprehensive review of the impact assessment practice in the EC. It discusses checks and balances between politicians and their administration. Based on 30 case studies the book shows shortcomings within the institutional regulations of the European Commission. Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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