Guide to EC Environmental Law

Dorothy Gillies is a lawyer and lecturer in law at the University of Glasgow. She has worked in the European Parliament and in the European Commission's Directorate-General XI for Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection

• Part I Background Information: The EC and its Institutions * Sources of EC Environmental Policy and Law * Reading EC Environmental Laws. Part II EC Laws for the Protection of the Environment: Some General EC Environmental Laws * Air and Noise * Chemicals and Industrial Risks * Nature Conservation * Waste * Water. Part III Using EC Law to Protect the Environment: Using EC 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 Parliament and Getting Help from MEPs * Making a Complaint to the European Ombudsman. Part IV Influencing Future Environmental Laws * How are EC Laws Made? How to Influence Future EC Environmental Laws. Part V Finding Out More: Where to Find Out More * The EC's Organization, Useful Contacts and Addresses * Further Reading * Index