http://ec.europa.eu/environment/newprg/proposal.htm
The Commission proposal
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The proposed programme builds on the significant achievements of 40 years of EU environment policy, and draws on a number of recent strategic initiatives in the field of environment, including the Resource Efficiency Roadmap, the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and the Low Carbon Economy Roadmap. It should secure the commitment of EU institutions, Member States, regional and local administrations and other stakeholders to a common agenda for environment policy action up to 2020.
General environment action programmes have guided the development of EU environment policy since the early seventies. The Sixth EU Environment Action Programme covered the period 2002-2012.
While many EU Member States are struggling to cope with the economic crisis, the attendant need for structural reforms offers new opportunities for the EU to move rapidly onto a more sustainable path. The new environment action programme points the way towards making the most of these opportunities.
- The Commission proposal for a new general Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 “Living well, within the limits of our planet”
- Press release on the proposed new general Union Environment Action Programme to 2020
- Q&A on the proposed new general Union Environment Action Programme to 2020
- Executive summary of the Impact Assessment accompanying the proposal for a new general Union Environment Action Programme to 2020
- Impact Assessment accompanying the proposal for a new general Union Environment Action Programme to 2020
- Annexes to the Impact Assessment:
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- Annex 1: Details of the responses to the public consultation
- Annex 2: Linkages of environment policy issues
- Annex 3: Targets set by EU environment policy
- Annex 4: The outlook to 2020 and beyond to 2050
- Annex 5: The link between the environment and competitiveness
- Annex 6: The underlying analysis of priority objectives
- Annex 7: Overview of the evaluation of the 6th EAP
- Annex 8: Overview of the main studies used for the IA
- Annex 9: Glossary