Ecologic experts completed a study on the state of environmental policy and the environmental law in Middle and East Europe on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Environment. This revised version of the study outlines the status of European environmental laws from the summer of 2000 which have not yet been implemented.

Palinkas, Peter (Ed.) 2001: Effluent Charging Systems in the EU Member States – Working Paper. Luxembourg.

Homeyer, Ingmar von; Axel Klaphake, Hans-Dieter Sohn 2001: EU Accession: Negotiating "Environmental Dumping"? Intereconomics, Vol. 36, No. 2, 87-97.

Bär, Stefani, Anneke Klasing 2001:Europäische Umweltpolitik. Kurs ZukunftsPiloten. Lüneburg/Bonn.

What has been done to promote a sustainable development within the European Union? What kind of policy approaches or initiatives have been developed at the European level in order to implement in a comprehensive way the objectives of Agenda 21? On behalf of the European Commission (DG Environment), IEEP – in association with Ecologic – has been commissioned to carry out the EU's implementation report. The draft report responds to all 40 chapters of Agenda 21 outlining a general assessment of the state of EU implementation as regards the objectives of the Agenda 21 as well as constraints, major challenges and recommendations for additional measures that could be taken at EC and international level to support further progress.

Around the world, benchmarking to compare the performance of water supply undertakings is attracting interest. The focus is on management aspects and efficiency, but environmental and resource protection have not yet been reflected adequately in most systems. This project provides presents an overview with examples of benchmarking systems from all over the world. Some systems developed by international organisations and from Member States of the European Union (other than Germany) are explained in more detail.

Bär, Stefani; Ingmar von Homeyer and Anneke Klasing 2001: "Fit for Enlargement? Environmental Policy After Nice". European Energy and Environmental Law Review, Vol. 10, No. 7, 212–220.

It is the purpose of the study to examine the possible options for more competition. In this case, existing gaps and deficiencies in the regulative framework are to be exposed (highlighted) and recommendations were developed for shaping and expanding upon the framework in such a way that undesired side-effects can be avoided.

Kraemer, R. Andreas 2001: Fortentwicklung der EU-Umweltpolitik - Elemente für eine Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie für die Jahre 2000 bis 2010 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Integration von Umwelterfordernissen in die anderen Gemeinschaftspolitiken. Ecologic, Institut für internationale und europäische Umweltpolitik, Berlin.

Interwies, Eduard and R. Andreas Kraemer 2001: Ökonomische Anforderungen der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie. Analyse der relevanten Regelungen und erste Schritte zur Umsetzung. Bericht für das Umweltbundesamt. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

Kraemer, R. Andreas 2001: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Wassermengenbewirtschaftung in Europa. in: Bruha, Thomas; Hans-Joachim Koch (eds.): Integrierte Gewässerpolitik in Europa. Gewässerschutz, Wassernutzung, Lebensraumschutz. [Forum Umweltrecht] Baden-Baden, 261-275

This study aimed at presenting options for achieving coherence between MEAs and the WTO, and was prepared with a view to influencing the 4th Ministerial Conference of the WTO, held in Doha in November 2002.

This report aimed to provide an overview of developments in the myriad of international treaties that impact on the conservation and sustainable use of forests. The report focussed particularly on developments relating to public participation of affected stakeholders.

The overriding objective of this research project, called for in the Environmental Research Agenda of the German Federal Environmental Agency, is the analysis of existing liability regimes in the light of the further development of the European liability regime. Using an interdisciplinary research approach, both national liability regimes within and outside Europe and international regimes will be examined regarding the extent to which environmental damages can be compensated, the procedures and methods in existence for determining and calculating damage and compensation in theory and practice and the manner in which the compensation is carried out.