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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

| 41. | The four basic concepts found in the definition of ‘damage’ are: — The material scope of what is affected, i.e. natural resources and natural resource services; — The concept of adverse effects, i.e. adverse changes and impairments; — The scope of these adverse effects, i.e. measurable ones; — The ways in which these adverse effects can occur, i.e. directly or indirectly.

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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.