Legal assessment of the Proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law: Report by the Legal Working Group of the Society for Ecological Restoration Europe

An Cliquet; Alexandra Aragao; Charles-Hubert Born; Farah Bouquelle; Eleonora Ciscato; Kris Decleer; Harm Dotinga; Floor Fleurke; Francesca Leucci; Volkel Mauerhofer; Matilde Meertens; Ana Mendes; Betty Queffelec; Moritz Reese; Hendrik Schoukens; Arie Trouwborst; Geert van Hoorick; Jonathan Verschuuren

Legal assessment of the Proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law: Report by the Legal Working Group of the Society for Ecological Restoration Europe

An Cliquet^*, Alexandra Aragao, Charles-Hubert Born, Farah Bouquelle, Eleonora Ciscato, Kris Decleer, Harm Dotinga, Floor Fleurke, Francesca Leucci, Volkel Mauerhofer, Matilde Meertens, Ana Mendes, Betty Queffelec, Moritz Reese, Hendrik Schoukens, Arie Trouwborst, Geert van Hoorick, Jonathan Verschuuren

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This assessment is based on the Commission proposal for a Nature Restoration Law (hereafter referred to as NRL) from 22 June 2022.2 The Legal Working Group is aware that the proposal is currently being discussed by the Council and Parliament. It is therefore not an article-by-article assessment, but a more general assessment of several legal aspects of the law we consider to be particularly important. Our choice of the discussed aspects was based on ongoing political discussions on the law (e.g. in the EU parliament and Council). The note gives legal arguments why certain articles should remain in the law or should be amended or added to the law. Legal arguments include legal certainty for stakeholders, coherence with other EU legislation, legitimate expectations, accepted legal principles, etc. Where relevant, we include concrete suggestions for amending and improving the law proposal.

Original language	English
Publisher	Society for Ecological Restoration
Number of pages	18
Publication status	Published - 17 Apr 2023
Event	2nd restoration law workshop - University of Ghent, Gent, Belgium Duration: 23 Jan 2023 → …

Keywords

nature conservation
nature conservation law
restoration
EU law
Habitats Directive
agriculture
cities
Natura 2000

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Cliquet, A., Aragao, A., Born, C.-H., Bouquelle, F., Ciscato, E., Decleer, K., Dotinga, H., Fleurke, F., Leucci, F., Mauerhofer, V., Meertens, M., Mendes, A., Queffelec, B., Reese, M., Schoukens, H., Trouwborst, A., van Hoorick, G., & Verschuuren, J. (2023). Legal assessment of the Proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law: Report by the Legal Working Group of the Society for Ecological Restoration Europe. Society for Ecological Restoration.

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