European Community Environment and Planning Law

Sources and structure of EC Environmental law; Single European Act; international treaty obligations; environmental impact assessment; the EC directive; comparative look at the implications in France, Germany, UK and Ireland; air and water quality; the general EC approach; emission control; ozone and greenhouse issues; water regulations; control of waste; existing rules and proposed EC legislation; the Brussels and Lugano Conventions and environmental law; competition and environmental protection; environmental protection and the free movement of goods; the North Sea; environmental litigation; the ECJ as an environmental tribunal; the role of the national courts; the role of the EC Commission and the European Environment Agency; public interest groups.