Thijs Etty is Researcher at the University of Amsterdam.Han Somsen is Professor at the University of Amsterdam

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• ARTICLES ; 'Aarhus Environmental Rights' in Eastern Europe ; Public Access to Environmental Documents: Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001 ; Access to Justice in Environmental Matters at EU Member State Level ; Human Rights, the Courts and the Environment: The Decision of the House of Lords in Marcic v. Thames Water Utilities Ltd. ; Emissions Trading and National Allocation in the Member States: An Achilles' Heel of European Climate Policy? ; Reflections on the Scope and Pre-emptive effect of Environmental Directives - A Case Study on the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC ; Habitats Conservation in EC Law: From Nature Sanctuaries to Ecological Networks ; CURRENT SURVEY ; Atmospheric Pollution ; Energy ; Biotechnology ; Chemicals ; Nature Conservation ; Waste ; Water ; Horizontal Instruments ; Miscellaneous Instruments ; Case Law of the European Court of Justice ; REVIEWS OF BOOKS ; DOCUMENTS - I. SUMMARIES OF COMMUNICATIONS, GREEN PAPERS, AND WHITE PAPERS ; DOCUMENTS - II. SUMMARY OF REPORTS