Beyond Minimum Harmonisation - Gold-Plating and Green-Plating of European Environmental Law

Explains the functioning of shared competences in environmental protection by focusing on member states' interaction with the EU legal framework.

List of contents

Introduction: minimum harmonisation in European environmental law; 1. Gold-plating: a misleading overarching concept; 2. Green-plating and environmental protection; 3. Green-plating and legal certainty; 4. Green-plating and economic development; Conclusions: proceduralising member states' choice regarding green-plating.

About the author

Lorenzo Squintani is Senior Lecturer in European and Economic Law at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. He is founder and member of the managing board of the U4 Environmental Law Network and a member of the managing boards of the European Environmental Law Forum, and of the Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law. His research and teaching interests include EU substantive law and EU environmental and climate law and he has authored several publications in the area of European environmental and climate law. Dr Squintani regularly advises Dutch, European Union, and international institutions on environmental issues.

Product details

• Authors: Lorenzo Squintani, Lorenzo (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Squintani
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108481007
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48100-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European; Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law