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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

(91) The assessment of the significance of damage or the imminent threat of damage is to be distinguished from a non-obligatory risk assessment of the activity which the operator may be advised to do by way of a precautionary measure in order to minimise the risk of a damaging occurrence for which he might become liable.

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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.