The European Union (EU) Environmental Policy was initiated in 1973 with the "Environmental Action Programme" at which point the Environmental Unit was...

Environmental policy is the commitment of an organization or government to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental...

Environmental issues in the European Union include the environmental issues identified by the European Union as well as its constituent states. The European...

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The Union has a total...

(2012) European Union environmental policy after the Lisbon Treaty, In: Jordan, A.J. and Adelle, C. (eds) Environmental Policy in the European Union: Contexts...

and environmental policies. It comprised the European Community (EC), the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC, until its expiry in 2002), and the European...

The regional policy of the European Union (EU), also referred as Cohesion Policy, is a policy with the stated aim of improving the economic well-being...

The energy policy of the European Union focuses on energy security, sustainability, and integrating the energy markets of member states. An increasingly...

the European Union, the principle of subsidiarity is the principle that decisions are retained by Member States if the intervention of the European Union...

The migration and asylum policy of the European Union is within the area of freedom, security and justice, established to develop and harmonise principles...

the European Union in certain aspects of government. State governments must agree unanimously in the Council for the union to adopt some policies; for...

The visa policy of the Schengen Area is a component within the wider area of freedom, security and justice policy of the European Union. It applies to...

ENV) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, responsible for the Environmental policy of the European Union. In 2010 "relevant [climate change]...

Environmental governance (EG) consists of a system of laws, norms, rules, policies and practices that dictate how the board members of an environment related...

Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the...

The European Union does not set public holidays for its member states. However the European Commission does set public holidays for the employees of the...

The European environmental research and innovation policy is a set of strategies, actions and programmes to promote more and better research and innovation...

systems, environmental labeling laws, licenses, and economic property rights. For instance, the European Union Emission Trading Scheme is an example of a market-based...

The environmental policy of the United States is a federal governmental action to regulate activities that have an environmental impact in the United States...

The European Green Deal, approved in 2020, is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making the European Union...

The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is the European Union's (EU) course of action in the fields of defence and crisis management, and a main...

reached. (See also: Environmental policy of the European Union) Within the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Union integrates a self-commitment...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Commission. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other...

European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel...

concern for the environment as a whole and the negative impact of poor air or water on humans. For recent history see Environmental policy of the United States...

The economy of the European Union is the joint economy of the member states of the European Union (EU). It is the second largest economy in the world...

most of the European Union's external and internal commerce. The EU is the world's third-largest importer of fisheries and aquaculture products and the fifth-largest...

is ongoing discussion about the extent to which the European Union (EU) has already turned from a confederation (a union of sovereign states) into a federation...

space policy, under which the European Research Area and European Space Policy are developed. Title XX concerns the increasingly important environmental policy...

The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the fisheries policy of the European Union (EU). It sets quotas for which member states are allowed to catch each...