Shale Gas in the European Union: You, me, together? Reflections from a Subsidiarity Perspective
Article from: OGEL 3 (2014), in Unconventional Oil and Gas
Introduction
The positions of the European Member States on shale gas legislation and policy are quite divergent, ranging from banning of the activity in France to exploratory drilling in Poland and the United Kingdom, as discussed elsewhere in this volume. A common European position seems hard to establish, as demonstrated by the Council's refusal to include a mandatory environmental impact assessment (EIA) on shale gas into a revised EIA Directive. The Commission has nonetheless established some minimum principles on shale gas in the form of a non-binding Recommendation. This is at first sight ...