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The Role of the OMC in EU Environmental Policy

Innovative or Regressive?

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Homeyer, Ingmar von 2007: “The Role of the OMC in EU Environmental Policy: Innovative or Regressive?”. European Spatial Research and Policy, Vol. 14, No. 1, 43-61.

The Open Method of Coordination has so far mostly been applied in areas in which the EU has weak legislative competencies. Recently, however, several OMC-type mechanisms have emerged in the environmental field, where the EU has a significant legislative role. In this article, Ingmar von Homeyer discusses two environmental OMCs: the environmental dimension of the Lisbon Strategy and the Common Implementation Strategy of the Water Framework Directive.

The analysis suggests that the OMC is a highly flexible and context dependent instrument. If implemented adequately, it may effectively complement EU environmental legislation.

The article is published in the journal European Spatial Research and Policy.

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English
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open method of coordination, OMC, environmental policy
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Source URL: https://www.ecologic.eu/2153