scholarly journals Introducing strategic environmental assessment in Serbia with special reference to the European Union directive and infrastructure corridors

Spatium ◽  
2004 ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Tijana Crncevic
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Legal Situation ◽  
Planning And Construction ◽  
The Eu

In July 2001, the European Union (EU) adopted the Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 June 2001 on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment, known as the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive. The EU countries will have three years, until July 2004, for the integration of the SEA Directive into national laws. The SEA Directive introduces procedural and technical requirements, according to which environmental assessment is compulsory for certain plans and programs but not for policies, except if they are a part of a plan, as well for plans and programs of national defence, civil emergencies, finance and budgets. According to the scope of the SEA Directive, environmental assessment is compulsory for plans and programs for infrastructure corridors ? transport, telecommunication and energy systems. In addition to the overview of the general framework for Strategic Environmental Assessment and the main requirements of the SEA Directive, the current situation in Serbia regarding the present condition of SEA is presented with special reference to the infrastructure corridors. One of the conclusions of this paper is that the main limitation for the implementation of SEA for plans and programs covering infrastructure corridors is the current legal situation. The main law which is supposed to introduce SEA has not been adopted yet, while the scope of the SEA within the new Planning and Construction Act includes SEA only for urban plans and does not cover, among others, plans for infrastructure corridors.

scholarly journals HARMONIZATION OF ECONOMIC AND LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR DEEPENING EU-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Oleh Predmestnikov ◽  
Vitaliy Gumenyuk
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Economic Regulation ◽  
Domestic Investment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Security ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

The policy of Ukraine for the establishment and development of relations with the European Union began in 1993, was carried out all the years of Ukraine’s existence, and received intensive deepening with the beginning of the formation of an international treaty – the Association Agreement, which includes a list of legal, social, economic, and technical regulations, and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), in 2014 and its final signing in 2017. Political and economic objectives of the Agreement are of fundamental importance to the future of both Ukraine and the whole European region. The political goal is to implement European standards on the territory of Ukraine. This implies the introduction of fundamental European values, namely democracy, rule of law, respect for human rights and the standards of the European security system. The Agreement does not foresee membership in the European Union, however, does not exclude such an opportunity in the future. The economic goal is to help to modernize the Ukrainian economy by expanding trade volumes with the EU and other countries, as well as reforming economic regulation mechanisms in line with the best European practices. Subject to the improvement of the business climate, Ukraine will become attractive for foreign and domestic investment for further production for export to the EU and other markets of the world. Harmonization of standards and European regulations has become a much more important process than the fulfilment of strictly technical requirements and underlies the introduction of effective governance without corruption. In the process of harmonization of interaction, an adaptive institutional mechanism was formed (the highest level – annual Summits; the key coordinator is the Association Council, consisting of members of the Council of the European Union and members of the European Commission, and members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; the level of operational coordination – the Association Parliamentary Committee, which includes members of the European Parliament, representatives of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and the Civil Society Platform; in order to coordinate processes on the territory of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government has introduced a few supervisory committees and commissions). The harmonization of the economic aspect of the mechanism has been determined in solving issues of openness of markets for duty-free import from Ukraine in April 2014, obtaining a visa-free regime with the EU, abolishing export-import tariffs, implementing European technical standards for food safety, phytosanitary norms, competition policy, service provision, and public procurement policy. The issues of further deepening of relations include a review of the terms for the introduction of regulations and legislative provisions before their actual implementation, stabilization of financial and economic processes in the country, and further development of democratic values and social institutions.

scholarly journals Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea sobre los sacrificios religiosos de animales

2019 ◽  
pp. 273-298
Author(s):  
Agustín GARCÍA URETA
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Ritual Sacrifice ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights ◽  
Grand Chamber ◽  
The Eu

LABURPENA: Iruzkin honek Europar Batasuneko Justizia Auzitegiaren (Sala Nagusia) bi epai aztertzen ditu, gaiari buruzko europar araudiaren arabera, animalien erritu sakrifizioei jarritako murrizketa, hiltegiek bete behar dituzten betekizun eta sakrifizio horietatik lortutako produktu ekologikoen etiketeei buruzkoak. Auzitegiak dioenez, erritu sakrifizioak baztertzeagatik, europar araudiak ez du erlijio askatasuna murrizten. Ezta Europar Batasuneko Oinarrizko Eskubideen 10. Artikuluaren harira, erritu sakrifizioak galarazten duten hiltegiei jarritako betekizun teknikoek ere. Bestetik, aldiz, erritu sakrifizioen ondorioz lortutako produktuek ezin dezakete etiketa ekologikoa izan. Edonola ere, Auzitegiak azpimarratzen du erritu sakrifizioa zilegi dela Europar Batasunean salbuespen gisa soilik eta erlijio askatasunaren begirunea bermatzea duenean helburu. ABSTRACT: This comment examines two judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (Grand Chamber) regarding the restrictions for the ritual slaughter of animals, in the light of the EU regulations on this matter, the requirements to meet by slaughterhouses and the application of EU rules on organic production and labelling of organic products. According to the Court, EU legislation on the killing of animals does not represent a restriction on religious freedom in so far as it contemplates it. The technical requirements applicable to slaughterhouses do not necessarily impede the ritual slaughter in the light of Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. However, products obtained after the ritual sacrifice of animals could not benefit from the rules on organic production and labelling. The Court has reaffirmed that the ritual slaughter is authorised only by way of derogation in the EU and solely in order to ensure observance of the freedom of religion. RESUMEN: El presente comentario examina dos sentencias del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) (Gran Sala) respecto de las restricciones para el sacrificio ritual de animales a la luz de la normativa europea sobre esta materia, los requisitos que deben cumplir los mataderos y la imposibilidad de aplicar la normativa sobre producción y etiquetado de los productos ecológicos a los obtenidos a partir de tal sacrificio. Según el TJUE, la normativa europea no implica una restricción a la libertad religiosa, al exceptuar el caso de los sacrificios rituales. Tampoco los requisitos técnicos de los mataderos impiden el sacrificio ritual a la luz del artículo 10 de la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea. Por otra parte, si embargo, los productos obtenidos a partir del sacrificio ritual no se pueden beneficiar de la etiqueta ecológica. En todo caso, el Tribunal recalca que el sacrifico ritual se autoriza en la UE solo con carácter excepcional y con el único fin de garantizar el respeto de la libertad de religión.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development in the European Union and World Economy-Main Selected Aspects

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zofia Wysokińska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Preventive Strategy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Eu

The aim of the paper is to present key theoretical and empirical issues of sustainable development and environmental protection issues from the global and European perspective, with special reference to the implication of this concept for Central and Eastern European members of the EU. Main aspects are discussed in the paper from the EU and global perspective, with special reference to: the global partnership for sustainable development; fighting poverty and promoting social development; sustainable management of natural and environmental resources; trading in greenhouse gas emission allowances; main global and European challenges; goals and challenges facing the European Union member states as stemming from major strategic European Union renewed documents promoting sustainable development; especially promoting consumption and production that is sustainable and environmentally-friendly and green labeling system; a detailed look at "new" environmental policies; with special reference to sustainable transportation; a strategy for the sustainable use of natural resources; preventive strategy (preventing the creation of wastes) and waste recycling; sustainable and competitive tourism.

scholarly journals Control de la constitucionalidad del derecho secundario de la Unión Europea en los países del «grupo Visegrad» = The constitutionality of the EU secondary law in the Visegrad Group’s countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (33) ◽  
pp. 399
Author(s):  
Jaroslaw Sulkowski ◽  
Anna Chmielarz-Grochal
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Constitutional Courts ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Legal Situation ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Eu

Los países del Grupo de Visegrad se unieron a la Unión Europea hace más de una década, tiempo suficiente para tratar de evaluar el funcionamiento de las normas creadas desde la Unión Europea en los tribunales constitucionales de los nuevos Estados miembros. Debido a la similitud de cultural, histórico y de la legalidad parece ser útil para analizar la situación legal en Polonia, la República Checa, Eslovaquia y Hungría. El estudio muestra que la Constitución en la medida en que se refiere a los actos de Derecho derivado de la UE en el sistema jurídico nacional puede crear cierta confusión. En Polonia y Eslovaquia, las constituciones garantizan la primacía del Derecho derivado de la UE, sin embargo, no precisa la relación entre estos actos y el Derecho derivado de la UE. En la República Checa la Constitución no se refiere a las normas creadas por la Unión Europea. En Hungría, por su parte, la ley de la UE se considera como una ley nacional, pero no elimina las dudas sobre la posibilidad de su control constitucional.The Visegrad Group’s countries joined the European Union more than 10 years ago, it’s a long time, enough to take in trying to assess the functioning of the acts created by the European Union in the constitutional courts of the new Member States. Due to the similarity of cultural, historical and legality seems to be useful to analyzethe legal situation in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The study shows that the constitution in so far as they relate to the acts of secondary EU law in the national legal system may raise some confusion. In Poland and Slovakia the constitutions guarantee the primacy of the EU secondary law, however, they do not precise the relationship between those acts and the EU secondary law. In the Czech Republic the constitution does not relate to the acts created by the European Union. In Hungary, in turn, EU law is treated as anational law, but it does not eliminate the doubts about the possibility of its control with the constitution.

scholarly journals Strategic environmental assessment implementation of transport and mobility plans. The case of Italian regions and provinces

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea De Montis ◽  
Simone Caschili ◽  
Amedeo Ganciu ◽  
Antonio Ledda ◽  
Filippo Paoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Quality Score ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Italian Regions

Transport and mobility plans imply strategies and actions that affect the environment. The European Union has introduced in 2001 the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to take into account and mitigate adverse environmental effects in planning and decision-making. SEA limited implementation has attracted the interest of many scholars that have sought methods able to assess the quality of SEA processes by identifying vices and virtues in practice. In this paper, we measure the quality of eight SEAs for transport and mobility plans of regional and provincial administrations of Italy. Results show that the overall quality level of SEA reports is only barely sufficient, Abruzzo is among the virtuous and Piedmont among the critical administrations. We also stress that the determination of impact significance has received the worse quality score. We finally compare our results to other Italian and British homologous cases finding interesting and generally confirmative evidences.

scholarly journals URGENT PROBLEMS OF THE CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF UKRAINE’S COURSE TOWARDS FULL MEMBERSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Ya. V. Chystokolianyi
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Full Membership ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Legal Power ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Legal Situation ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
The Eu

This article is devoted to research of essential problems of the constitutionalization of Ukraine’s course towards full membership in the European Union. This refers to problems which appeared or were affected in some way alongside the adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Constitution of Ukraine (regarding the state’s strategic course on obtaining full membership in the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization)” from 7 February 2019. According to the author, the Law has significantly changed the legal situation around the advancement towards the EU. After all, the course is from now on established irreversibly towards accession to the EU, not just towards integration, which can take place in various organizational and legal forms, not necessarily including full membership in the EU. Also, said irreversibility gained the highest legal power while being the constitutional norm, which obliged the state to perform respective acts and refrain from any others, such as searching for international organizations similar by their legal nature and considering the possibility of membership in them. The author believes that the problems of constitutionalization of the state’s aspiration towards full membership in the EU and performing necessary legal, political and institutional actions and transformations gained particular relevance due to this Law and the changes made on its basis. According to the objective and research tasks put forward by the author, the very notion of constitutionalization is analyzed in the article as relatively new in the constitutional law theory. Also the questions about changes in the Basic Law necessary for EU membership and consolidation of the treatment of the Union’s values with perspective of its further specification are addressed as essential. The article proposes changes to the Constitution of Ukraine necessary for creating the basis for the constitutionality of the course towards the EU membership. Regarding the values ofthe EU, in the current stage of Ukraine’s integration it would be sufficient to note acknowledgement, promotion and providing addition to them, e. g. to Article 15. So only certain conclusions about the urgent problems of the constitutionalization of Ukraine’s strategical course towards full membership in the EU and the directions of further research are stated in the article.

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