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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

(92) In some situations, it is very difficult to assess the significance of environmental damage and in particular the imminent threat of it. This may be for different reasons – for example, there may be a lack of information in an emergency. In these situations, the precautionary principle can play a key role, by justifying intervention on the basis of a reasonable belief. It will enable the carrying out of the necessary preventive action and the launch of the corresponding administrative procedure.

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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.