EU Environmental Policy
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Treaty of Amsterdam, Art 174
• Community policy on the environment
• Preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the
environment
• Protecting human health
• Prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources
• Promoting measures at international level to deal with
regional or worldwide environmental problems
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Key principles
• Precautionary principle: pollution should be rectified at
source
• Principle of preventive action
• Polluter pays principle
• Principle of integration
• Utilisation of technical and scientific data
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Sixth Environmental Action Programme
2001-2010
• Environmental Policy
• Innovative in its approach
• Seek new ways of working with a wide cross-section of
society
• Full enforcement of all existing legislation
• LIFE together with other instruments (EMAS, Ecolabel)
contributes to an effective implementation of the policy
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The LIFE programme
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LIFE III - General Objectives
LIFE co-finances environmental actions that...
“contribute to the implementation, updating and
development of Community environment policy and
legislation, in particular as regards the integration of the
environment into other policies, and to sustainable
development in the Community.”
Article 1 of LIFE Regulation
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LIFE III - General Objectives
The specific objective of LIFE Environment is to contribute to the development of
innovative techniques and methods by co-financing demonstration projects that further
the development of EC environment policy,
The specific objective of LIFE-Nature is to contribute to the implementation of
Community nature protection legislation: the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive,
and in particular the establishment of the Natura 2000 network for the in situ
management and conservation of Europe's most remarkable fauna and flora species and
habitats.
The specific objective of LIFE-Third Countries is to contribute to the establishment of
capacities and administrative structures needed in the environmental sector and in the
development of environmental policy and action programmes in third countries bordering
the Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea.
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The Rules and Regulations
• The LIFE Regulation (1655/2000 amended by 1682/2004)
• The Special Provisions of the Commission’s Grant Agreement
• The Common Provisions (CPs)
– Previously known as SAPs
• The project proposal
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Defines scope and objectives of the project
Contains the baseline for technical and financial planning
Confirms the partnership and management/team structure
Summarises objectives and methods envisaged
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LIFE phases
Launched in 1992:
LIFE I (1992-1995):
€400 million
LIFE II (1996-1999):
€450 million
LIFE III (2000-2004):
€640 million
LIFE III Extension (2005-2006): €317 million
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Budget distribution
In the years 2005-2006:
LIFE-Environment (47% of budget)
LIFE-Nature (48% of budget)
LIFE-Third Countries (5% of budget)
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Areas of action
Since 1992:
1550 LIFE-Environment projects
969 LIFE-Nature projects
229 LIFE-Third Countries projects
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LIFE in [country]
LIFE Nature projects
LIFE Environment projects
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Good examples
Good examples
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To be added by MoT
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