European union air protection legislation: And is the Czech Republic ready?
✍ Scribed by Cole, Janet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 563 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0961-0405
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The possible expansion of the European Union (EU) is still high on the political agenda, with many of the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe seeking to gain membership. One such country is the Czech Republic. Full membership for the Czech Republic would require an alignment of domestic policies with those of the EU. This paper focuses on the policy area of the environment, paying particular attention to air protection. The way in which the Czech Republic is preparing to meet existing EU air protection requirements is explored in the light of possible membership. As all five EU Environmental Action Programmes have advocated the use of incentive‐based legislation in the future, the readiness, willingness and capability of the Czech Republic to accept legislation based on the use of economic instruments is investigated.