Multilateral Compliance Mechanisms in EU Environmental Law

Internationalising EU Environmental Action and Beyond

New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series

Birgit Hollaus, Teaching and Research Associate, Institute for Law and Governance, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

由于最近发生在欧盟’s international environmental cooperation, this thought-provoking book explores the establishment and use of multilateral environmental compliance mechanisms as part of the EU’s external environmental action. Expanding upon current discussions in external relations law, this timely book uses a doctrinal approach to analyse EU engagement with this key instrument of treaty-based international environmental governance.

‘This book is situated at the fascinating and insufficiently explored interface between EU and international environmental law. More specifically, in light of the EU’s legal framework, it considers how the EU may or may not use compliance mechanisms established by international agreements to further its environmental objectives. Rich in examples, context and doctrinal analysis, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between EU and public international law.’
– Joanne Scott, European University Institute

‘Through the lens of compliance mechanisms, this topical book thoroughly analyses the tension between the EU’s brief to internationalise its environmental action and the boundaries set by EU law itself. It offers an original perspective on how the EU needs to find ways to square international environmental action and its claim to autonomy.’
– Ramses A. Wessel, University of Groningen, the Netherlands