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DOI 10.1163/18760104-01103004
Title (Primary) Article 9 of the EU Water Framework Directive: do we really need to calculate environmental and resource costs?
Author Gawel, E.
Source Titel Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law
Year 2014
Department OEKON
Volume 11
Issue 3
Page From 249
Page To 271
Language englisch
Keywords environmental costs; decisionism; monetization; demerit goods approach; Article 9 Water Framework Directive; cost recovery principle; internalization; resource costs
UFZ wide themes RU6
Abstract Article 9 of the eu Water Framework Directive (wfd) requires Member States to take account of the principle of recovery of the costs of water services, including environmental and resource costs (ercs). Whilst legally the Member States have broad scope for discretion when applying Article 9, the idea that the eu legislator has effectively assigned the Member States a mathematical task to determine the level of cost recovery achieved for environmental and resource costs is increasingly gaining ground in the Common Implementation Strategy (cis) process. The present paper shows that this strict interpretation of taking account of environmental and resource costs has no basis in Article 9, is conceptually misleading, and could even prove counter-productive for the practical application of water protection.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=15189
Gawel, E. (2014):
Article 9 of the EU Water Framework Directive: do we really need to calculate environmental and resource costs?
JEEPL 11 (3), 249 - 271 10.1163/18760104-01103004