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Strengthening Environmental Integration in the EU

Contents

Preface

Summary and Recommendations

Sammenfatning og anbefalinger

1 Introduction

2 Strategic EU Policy Processes

• 2.1 The Cardiff Integration process
  • 2.1.1 The Cardiff Process and IPP
• 2.2 EU Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS)
  • 2.2.1 The EU SDS and IPP
• 2.3 The Current Political Climate
  • 2.3.1 The Open Method of Co-ordination
  • 2.3.2 Options for the use of OMC in an environmental framework

3 Integrated Product Policy

• 3.1 Integrated Product Policy at the EU level
  • 3.1.1 Implementing the Communication
• 3.2 Integrating IPP thinking into other policy areas
• 3.3 An IPP framework Directive?

4 Specific Policy Items

• 4.1 The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines
  • 4.1.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.2 The Environment in the BEPGs
• 4.2 Economic Instruments for the Environment
  • 4.2.1 Aviation
• 4.3 Funding for the Environment
  • 4.3.1 The EU Structural Funds
  • 4.3.2 Future Structural Fund Regulations
  • 4.3.3 Other sources of finance
• 4.4 State Aid Guidelines
• 4.5 Multiannual Programme for Enterprise
  • 4.5.1 Beyond 2005
  • 4.5.2 Why is the programme important for the Environment?
• 4.6 Thematic Strategies
  • 4.6.1 The link between IPP and the Thematic Strategies

5 Impact Assessment as generic tool for integration?

• 5.1 Background
• 5.2 What is an Impact Assessment?
• 5.3 Progress so far with using Impact Assessment
• 5.4 Scope for IAs to advance environmental integration

References

Annex I: The European Environment Bureau's suggested Key Tasks for an EU IPP Framework Directive

Annex II: Areas of Interest not included in the Report

Annex III: INTERREG III

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