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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidelines providing a common understanding of the term ‘environmental damage’ as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage · European Union

| 1. | The purpose of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (1) (the ‘Environmental Liability Directive’ or the ‘Directive’) is to establish a framework of environmental liability based on the polluter pays principle, to prevent and remedy environmental damage (2). An amendment adopted in 2019 (3) requires the European Commission to develop guidelines providing a common understanding of the term ‘environmental damage’ as defined in Article 2 of the Directive (4). The present Notice sets out these Guidelines.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.