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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

| 2. | In the scheme of the Directive, the term ‘environmental damage’ is pivotal. It is used to define the Directive’s overall purpose (5). When environmental damage occurs or when there is a threat that it will occur, preventive or remedial action obligations are triggered for operators, as are associated obligations for competent authorities (6), with other persons being entitled to request that action be taken (7). In the case of transboundary damage affecting more than one Member State, duties of co-operation between Member States are triggered (8). In addition, the term carries consequences for financial operators who provide financial security to cover liabilities under the Directive (9). The term thus plays a potentially major role in environmental protection – helping to determine whether or not environmental harm is prevented and remedied.

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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.