EU Environmental Liability Directive: what does it mean for mining?

Legal Brief

Sweden has partly enforced stricter rules than most other EU states

Publishing Date: 06 Jul 2009 10:25am GMT
Issue/Supplement: July 2009
Author: Mining Environmental Management

Legal and Legislation Pollution & Waste management

The Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) requires EU member states to implement a new liability regime for the prevention and remediation of environmental damage into their national laws. As implementation of the ELD approaches completion, it is timely to consider its implications for the mining sector

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