Enforcement Matters : Enforcement and Compliance of European Directives in Four Member States

The dissertation 'Enforcement Matters' is a comparative analysis of the transposition and enforcement of, and compliance with, two directives regulating dangerous chemical substances (the Seveso II and Safety Data Sheets directives) in four member states (the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain) of the European Union. Ideally, European legislation stimulates uniform rule application within the member states and equal circumstances for 'the regulated'. The European Union, however, is not involved in enforcing these rules and thus does not control the process in which the 'law in the... Mehr ...