Reducing the judicial deficit in multilevel environmental regulation: The example of plant protection products

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The regulation of plant protection products is taken as an example to assess the impact of the Aarhus Convention in a multilevel regulatory context. An overview of the decision-making procedures in this field is given and two judgments by the European Courts are discussed to show why the judicial review procedure presents a judicial deficit.

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities, Judicial & Police Procedures, Plant Protection Programs, Interpretation and construction, Evaluation, Judicial process, Environmental law, Plants, Protection of, Plant protection, Law overview

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Environmental criminal law in the first pillar: a positive development for environmental protection in the European Union?

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The European Commission's powers, under the first pillar of the European Union (EU), to impose on Member States to introduce criminal sanctions for the protection of the environment are discussed. Whether this harmonization of standards will lead to better environmental protection within the EU is analyzed.

European Union, Powers and duties, Environmental protection, Offenses against the environment, Environmental crimes, Environmental issue

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