A guide to EC environmental law / Dorothy Gillies

Includes index

The European Community and its institutions -- Sources of EC environmental policy and law -- Reading EC environmental laws -- Some general EC environmental laws -- Air and noise -- Chemicals and industrial risks -- Nature conservation -- Waste -- Water -- Using environmental laws in the member states -- Suing the state for its failure to comply with EC environmental law -- What do national courts have to do to make sure that EC environmental laws are applied? -- Making a complaint to the Commission -- Sending petitions to the European Parliament and getting help from MEPs [members of the European Parliament]) -- Making a complaint to the European Ombudsman -- How are EC laws made? -- How to influence future EC environmental laws -- Where to find out more -- The EC's organization, useful contacts and addresses