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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

(136) This is also consistent with Article 8(4)(a) of the Environmental Liability Directive, which allows Member States to allow an operator not to bear the costs of remedial action – but only where certain conditions are met. These include full compliance with the conditions of an authorisation.

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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.