Environmental liability of companies
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, aims at gaining deeper insights into the environmental liability of companies in the European Union. It analyses the role of companies within the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) and pays attention to potential hurdles that may limit the possibility to hold companies liable for environmental harm. Various remedies to the limited liability of the corporation are discussed and suggestions are formulated to improve access to justice for victims of environmental harm. Specific attention is paid to a balanced regime of mandatory solvency guarantees to support the ELD liabilities of companies.
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Autor externo
Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure, Professor of comparative and international environmental law, at Maastricht University and Professor of comparative private law and economics, at Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- coste de la contaminación
- delito ecológico
- DERECHO
- Derecho civil
- Derecho penal
- MEDIO AMBIENTE
- política de medio ambiente de la UE
- política del medio ambiente
- prevención de la contaminación
- prevención de riesgos medioambientales
- principio de quien contamina paga
- protección del medio ambiente
- responsabilidad civil
- responsabilidad criminal
- responsabilidad por daños al medio ambiente