IMPLICATIONS
FOR THE FUTURE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY
xxxv The prospect of further
accessions makes it all the more important to establish more transparent,
systematic and focused procedures of implementation and enforcement
of Community environmental law. We commend the efforts of the
European Environment Agency, IMPEL and the European Environment
Bureau in helping to build capacity in the national agencies and
NGOs in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The PHARE
programme of assistance, properly targeted and with improved procedures
(as recommended by this Committee and the Court of Auditors) should
have an important part to play in supporting the process of approximation
of environmental law in the countries which aspire to join the
European Union. (114)
RECOMMENDATION
TO THE HOUSE
116. The Committee considers
that implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Community environmental
law raise important questions of policy and principle. It therefore
makes this Report to the House for debate.