Flexible environmental regulation in the internal market

An international conference on environmental regulation in the context of the internal market, will be held in Warwick, United Kingdom, on 16 and 17 July 1998. The conference, which will receive sponsorship from the European Commission, will focus on the implications of a flexible approach to environmental regulation in the context of the internal market.

The conference will explore recent trends in European environmental regulation, with particular emphasis on the concept of flexibility and its impact on European environmental law-making, implementation, enforcement and compatibility with the internal market.

The topics to be covered will be presented by representatives of the European Commission and academia, who will address such issues as:

- How the principle of flexibility will affect the landscape of European environmental regulation and the use of legal, economic and fiscal instruments;
- The role of industry in the light of increased recourse to self-regulation and voluntary agreements;
- Increased diversity amongst national environmental laws and compatibility with the single market and effects on competition law;
- How will flexibility operate in the spheres of implementation and enforcement?;
- How have flexible instruments worked in practice in the areas of waste, air and water and what future developments are forthcoming?
For further information, please contact:

University of Warwick
School of Law
Ms. Aileen Stockholm
Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel. +44-1203-523175; Fax +44-1203-524105
E-mail: Aileen@themis.warwick.ac.uk