Greening EU competition law and policy /
"One of the fundamental challenges currently facing the EU is that of reconciling its economic and environmental policies. Nevertheless, the role of environmental protection in EU competition law and policy has often been overlooked. Recent years have witnessed a shift in environmental regulati...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012
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| Series: | Cambridge antitrust and competition law series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "One of the fundamental challenges currently facing the EU is that of reconciling its economic and environmental policies. Nevertheless, the role of environmental protection in EU competition law and policy has often been overlooked. Recent years have witnessed a shift in environmental regulation from reliance on command and control to an increased use of market-based environmental policy instruments such as environmental taxes, green subsidies, emissions trading and the encouragement of voluntary corporate green initiatives. By bringing the market into environmental policy, such instruments raise a host of issues that competition law must address. This interdisciplinary treatment of the interaction between these key EU policy areas challenges the view that EU competition policy is a special case, insulated from environmental concerns by the overriding efficiency imperative, and puts forward practical proposals for achieving genuine integration"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 474 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-458) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139190718 1139190717 1139185802 9781139185806 9780511758522 0511758529 9781139188111 1139188119 1283383985 9781283383981 1107226821 9781107226821 1139179683 9781139179683 9786613383983 6613383988 1139189417 9781139189415 1139183494 9781139183499 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
