This volume contains papers presented in a workshop of international experts in September 2008 in Berlin. The experts discussed how environmental consequences of EU legislation can be incorporated in a more effective way. In other words, this contribution focuses on the question of which measures can strengthen the cons- eration of environmental effects in the EU impact assessment procedure and in the subsequent legislative decision-making process. This allows drawing conclusions for the impact assessment process in Germany. This volume begins with an introductory paper (Bizer/Lechner/Fuhr) which served as the basis for discussion in our workshop. The questions raised in this paper are addressed by the authors of the subsequent chapters. Stephen White (DG Environment, EU-Commission) discusses the impact assessment from an int- nal perspective within the Commission. Pendo Maro (European Environmental Bureau) reviews the impact assessment practice from the perspective of an en- ronmental NGO. Martin Schmidt et al. discuss the potential for more formalism to strengthen environmental issues within impact assessments and favour a checklist."

This volume contains papers presented in a workshop of international experts in September 2008 in Berlin. The experts discussed how environmental consequences of EU legislation can be incorporated in a more effective way. In other words, this contribution focuses on the question of which measures can strengthen the cons- eration of environmental effects in the EU impact assessment procedure and in the subsequent legislative decision-making process. This allows drawing conclusions for the impact assessment process in Germany. This volume begins with an introductory paper (Bizer/Lechner/Fuhr) which served as the basis for discussion in our workshop. The questions raised in this paper are addressed by the authors of the subsequent chapters. Stephen White (DG Environment, EU-Commission) discusses the impact assessment from an int- nal perspective within the Commission. Pendo Maro (European Environmental Bureau) reviews the impact assessment practice from the perspective of an en- ronmental NGO. Martin Schmidt et al. discuss the potential for more formalism to strengthen environmental issues within impact assessments and favour a checklist.

Umweltrecht und -politik an der Wende zum 21. Jahrhundert Das heutige Umweltrecht in Europa ist wesentlich in den vergangenen 20 Jahren geschaffen worden, und die Umweltpolitik wird weiterhin von diesen Weichenstellungen gepragt. Eine derjenigen, die an dem Entwicklungsprozess aktiv mitgewirkt haben, war die Umweltjuristin Betty Gebers, bis zu ihrem fruhen Tod imSeptember 2004. Ihre Lebensleistung, aber auch der heutige Entwicklungsstand in den zahlreichen von ihr bearbeiteten Fachgebieten werden in diesem Buch naher beleuchtet. Die Kombination von Ruckschau und Gegenwartsanalyse ermoglicht auch manche Prognose, wie es mit Umweltrecht und -politik in Europa in diesem Jahrhundert weitergehen konnte. Environmental Law and Policy at the Turn to the 21st Century The present environmental law in Europe has been essentially produced in the last 20 years, and current environmental policy is still based on the courses set in this time. One of the actors in this process was the environmental lawyer Betty Gebers, until her premature death in September 2004. Her life achievements but also the current status in the many fields where she was active are examined in this book. The combination of retrospective and present-day analysis forms also the basis of an outlook how environmental law and policy in Europe could further develop in the next decades of this century.