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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

(57) Article 8(4)(b) of the Directive – often referred to as the ‘development risk defence’ or ‘state-of-the-art defence’.

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