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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

| 49. | The reference concepts qualify the kinds of adverse effects that are covered by the Directive. The definition of ‘environmental damage’ contains a further qualification: the words ‘significant’ or ‘significantly’ figure in relation to each natural resource category, and the Directive requires preventive measures, immediate management of damage factors or remedial measures only if the adverse effects are assessed as significant in terms of the reference concepts mentioned.

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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.