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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

| 40. | The definition of ‘environmental damage’ incorporates the term ‘damage’, which is separately defined. The term ‘damage’ is not self-standing (in the sense that the obligations of the Directive do not apply at the level of generality found in it). When it comes to applying the Directive to concrete situations, it is necessary to rely on the more precise formulations contained in the definition of ‘environmental damage’. This reservation notwithstanding, the definition of ‘damage’ is important not only because it is embedded in the definition of ‘environmental damage’ but because it presents four basic concepts which are refined in the more elaborate definition. The Guidelines therefore address ‘damage’ before addressing other elements of the definition of ‘environmental damage’. Box 1: Definition of ‘damage’

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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.