The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World by Anu Bradford

The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World by Anu Bradford

Author:Anu Bradford [Bradford, Anu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780190088583
Google: mZXHDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-11-15T00:31:13.869551+00:00


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Environment

environmental protection is one of the policy areas where the EU’s dedication to protect the global commons and willingness to promulgate stringent regulatory standards in this regard is well known. However, in the public discourse the EU is often best known for its commitment to multilateralism and active backing of global environmental treaties. This chapter’s discussion acknowledges the important role that the EU plays in multilateral environmental cooperation yet argues that its environmental goals are often most effectively accomplished through the Brussels Effect.

After reviewing selected examples of the EU’s environmental regulation, the discussion describes the origins of the EU’s pro-environmental attitudes. It then examines a few notable policy areas where the EU has successfully influenced global environmental standards through the Brussels Effect. These include the regulation of hazardous substances and electronic waste, the protection of animal welfare, and the mitigation of climate change through an emissions trading system. Although each of these provides a strong example of the Brussels Effect in environmental regulation, in fact, these areas comprise only a fraction of the EU’s environmental policy. According to The Institute for European Environmental Policy, the entire body of EU environmental law amounts to over 1,100 directives, regulations, and decisions.1 This illustrates the salience of environmental law in the EU’s regulatory architecture and its significance for the operation of the single market. Further, given the global nature of many of the environmental problems, it is not surprising that environmental law offers some of the most prominent examples of the Brussels Effect.



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