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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

| 217. | As Annex II.2 of the Directive shows, a key consideration is the current or approved future use of the land concerned at the time of the damage, since this will affect likely human exposure to the relevant contaminants. The temporal dimension is important. For example, land damage may concern land not currently used for human habitation but approved for future habitation. The approved future land-use needs to be factored into the assessment of significance. Annex II.2 indicates that use is to be ascertained by reference to existing land use or other regulations where these exist.

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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.