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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

| 20. | Likewise, knowledge of both damaging occurrences and the adverse effects they cause may come to light at different times. If the damaging occurrence is a major accident, it will become known at once, but an unknown incident may not come to light for some time – for example, a rupture in an underground storage tank containing dangerous substances. (38)

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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.