POLI 451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Maastricht Treaty, Polluter Pays Principle, Execution Unit
25 Nov 2014
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Action programs (preventative principle, polluter pays principle) rely on other treaty articles approximation of laws affecting the common market. Danish leg. requiring all soft drink and beer to be in pre-approved reusable containers. Comm. considered this a trade barrier policy introduced for env. reasons protects nat"l producers from import competition. Ecj rules in favour of denmark env. protection could justify measures of distorted trade env. on equal footing with common market recent development the implementation deficit. Ep acquired veto right over env. leg. in maastricht treaty comm. initiates most infringement procedures related to the env. (in 2013, 30% of all new infringements) combating climate change. But: us strongest proponent of agreement to combat ozone depletion despite high abatement costs whereas uk, fr. , ger. , it. were reluctant participants) growing unilateralism in us (e. g. icc, land mine treaty, cntbt), multilateralism in the. 1960-1990 influence of advocates of env. regulation ex.
