Download or read book EU Environmental Directives in the Czech Republic written by Alexandr Jevsejenko and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Czech Republic joined the European Union, most of its environmental legislation is adopted through the EU policy process. However, environmental protection in the Czech Republic is undermined by the relatively high implementation deficit of EU environmental legislation. This publication aims to identify the reasons for this deficit, i.e. barriers to effective implementation of environmental directives adopted by the EU after 1 May 2004. Through qualitative interviews with officials from Prague and Brussels, including two former Czech Ministers of Environment, the author identifies two narratives of non-compliance specific for the Czech Republic and two narratives embedded in the EU system of administration. The publication concludes with recommendations on how to dismantle these barriers. The findings are relevant not only for decision-makers in Brussels and in Prague, but also for civil servants and politicians in other EU countries, especially from the 'new member states' from Central and Eastern Europe. It might prove useful also to scholars dealing with implementation deficit in other countries and other policy areas.
Download or read book Barriers to Effective Implementation of EU Environmental Directives in the Czech Republic written by Alexandr Jevsejenko and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EU environmental legislation in the Czech Republic suffers from a relatively high post-accession non-compliance. This implementation deficit poses a serious threat to the environment, because ca 80 % of all environmental legislation applicable in the Czech Republic is now adopted through the EU policy process. Hence this thesis aims to identify horizontal barriers to effective implementation of environmental directives adopted by the European Union after 1 May 2004, relevant for the Czech Republic. The term effective implementation refers to the degree to which both legal and practical implementation correspond with the objectives defined in the directives. Through 16 qualitative interviews with officials from Prague and Brussels, including two former Czech Ministers of Environment, I identify two narratives of non-compliance specific for the Czech Republic and two narratives embedded in the EU system of administration. The former cover resistance of many Czech politicians to environmental legislation as well as to any EU initiatives, and poor quality of the Czech civil service. The latter are poor quality of some directives and limited impact of infringement procedures. None of the narratives alone can explain non-compliance, but the combination of the four seems to cover all the major barriers. Based on the analysis, I offer recommendations to decision-makers who want to reduce these barriers. In particular, I advise the Commission to make better use of interim measures and linkages with structural funding, and Czech decision-makers to finally allow the civil service act to become effective and to use more performance-based remuneration in public administration.
Download or read book State Environmental Policy written by Czech Republic. Ministerstvo životního prostředí and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing EU Environmental Policy written by Christoph Knill and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines issues of censorship, publicity and teenage fandom in 1950s Britain surrounding a series of controversial Hollywood films: The Wild One, Blackboard Jungle, Rebel Without a Cause, Rock Around the Clock and Jailhouse Rock. It also explores British cinema's commentary on juvenile delinquency through a re-examination of such British films as The Blue Lamp, Spare the Rod and Serious Charge. Taking a multi-dimensional approach, the book intersects with star studies and social history while reappraising the stardom of Marlon Brando, James Dean and Elvis Presley. By looking at the specific meanings, pleasures and uses British fans derived from these films, it provides a logical and sustained narrative for how Hollywood star images fed into and disrupted British cultural life during a period of unprecedented teenage consumerism.
Download or read book Environmental Policy in a European Union of Variable Geometry written by Katharina Holzinger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transnational Politics of the Environment written by Liliana B. Andonova and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-11-21 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the effect of EU membership on Central and Eastern European environmental policy and the interplay of political incentives and industry behavior that determines policy In Transnational Politics of the Environment, Liliana Andonova examines the effect of the Europen Union (EU) on the environmental policies of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. Compliance with EU environmental regulations is especially onerous for Central and Eastern European countries because of the costs involved and the legacy of pollution from communist-era industries. But Andonova argues that EU integration has a positive impact on environmental policies in these countries by exerting a strong influence on the environmental interests of regulated industries. With her empirical study of chemical safety and air pollution policies from 1990 to 2000, she shows that export-competitive industries such as the chemical industry that would benefit from economic integration have an incentive to adopt EU norms. By contrast, industries such as electric utilities that primarily serve the domestic market remain opposed to EU environmental standards and must be prodded by their own governments to implement environmental-protection measures. These differences in domestic interests greatly influence the course of reforms and the adoption of EU standards. Transnational Politics of the Environment challenges the current focus on intergovernmental cooperation between East and West by highlighting the roles of industries, transnational norms, and domestic institutions in promoting change in environmental regulation. It offers a generalizable framework for understanding the politics of environmental regulation in emerging market economies, and helps bridge the divide between the study of domestic and international environmental politics.
Download or read book Environmental Policies for Air Pollution and Climate Change in the New Europe written by Caterina De Lucia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an integrated approach to recent regulations on air pollution with particular emphasis on transborder air pollution, climate change and energy policies in the new Europe.
Download or read book Harmonization of National Environmental Law with EU Legislation written by Zdenek Madar and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poland written by Gordon Hughes and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the implications for Poland of complying with the European Union's environmental directives. It starts by discussing the importance of establishing efficient institutions to set policies, enforce legislation and monitor results. Improving institutional capacity will not be financially costly, but will require significant investments of effort and time. The report then assesses the likely effect of EU directives on the private sector, concluding that, with certain exceptions, the directives should not affect the competitiveness of Polish industry. The third section discusses the costs of the public investment program mandated by EU rules. It estimates that public investment of between US$ 22 billion and US$ 43 billion will be required, depending on how directives are interpreted in Poland. If operations and maintenance costs are included and the investment costs spread over the life of the investments, the total annualized costs come to US$ 120 to US$ 270 per person per year for twenty years. The report highlights the substantial cost implications of different interpretations of the directives and also outlines ways in which Poland might phase the investments for greatest local benefit. The fourth chapter addresses options for financing this investment, including making best use of EU grant financing for environment. The report finds that price rises should be manageable for households if the investments are phased in over a long compliance period and if investments are interpreted flexibly.
Download or read book European Environmental Law Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Czech Republic 2018 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third Environmental Performance Review of the Czech Republic. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with special features on waste, materials management and circular economy and sustainable urban development.
Download or read book EU Enlargement and the Environment written by JoAnn Carmin and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses attention on key environmental and institutional changes associated with eastern expansion of the European Union, assessing and challenging prevailing views about the outcomes and processes of this historic development. Looking at four central themes -- capacity changes and limitations, the EU's mixed messages and conflicting priorities, non-state actor roles and developments, and the exchange of ideas and information - the volume shows that enlargement will change the EU, not just make it bigger, and that EU officials and programs are improving aspects of environmental policy in CEE countries even as they are making others less sustainable. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Environmental Politics.
Download or read book Environmental Law in the Czech Republic and EU Ten Years After written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protecting the Periphery written by Susan Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1994. ln Protecting the Periphery the editors present a series of papers revealing the impact of EU policies on environmental quality in regions at the edge of the European Union and in those lying just outside it. In many cases these regions contain habitats and landscapes of international importance; they have also often escaped some of the environmental damage caused by industrialization. But, as the papers' reveal, attempts by the EU to safeguard these environmental benefits are often contradicted by the EU’s own development policies, bringing air pollution from new roads, contamination from new industries, and leading to habitat destruction from modern agricultural practices and increases in tourism. As the Union pushes for the deepening of the integration process, including completing the internal market, the pressures on the periphery's environment are increasing. Furthermore, the efforts of the periphery to catch-up economically with the developed core can often heighten the tension between economic considerations on the one hand and the need for environmental protection on the other. The studies in this book examine the ambivalent responses to EU environmental policy among policy-makers and environmentalists in the periphery. Both the willingness as well as the capacity of the periphery to protect its environmental heritage are explored. In particular, the administrative capacity, institutional arrangements, political culture as well as economic development needs are taken into account in an examination of the nature of the periphery’s response to and implementation of Union environmental policy. The book will appeal to policy-makers and academics in the countries of the European periphery and to analysts of European policy-making everywhere, especially those concerned with environmental policy and politics.
Download or read book Regulating the European Environment written by Thomas Handler and published by . This book was released on 1997-09-16 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental regulation imposes strict limits on business activity; but it also offers opportunities to gain an advantage in the market and to meet industry compliance requirements. Understanding the limitations and the market potential is difficult and time-consuming but also important and rewarding. Regulating the European Environment cuts straight through the uncertainties. It is designed not to be exhaustive but to provide an initial understanding of the general shape of the mass of rules and legislation in Europe, and to provide a basis for further detailed analysis of the subject if required.
Download or read book The Implementation of the Seveso Directives in an Enlarged Europe written by Barbara Pozzo and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At head of title: Kluwer law international
Download or read book European Environmental Law Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
