ENVIRONMENT|deterioration of the environment · SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health
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- Definition any damage that has significant adverse effects on the ecological, chemical and/or quantitative status and/or ecological potential of a particular environment Reference COM-EN, based on: Directive 2004/35/CE on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage. CELEX:32004L0035/EN
- Comment The following does not have to be classified as significant damage:- negative variations that are smaller than natural fluctuations regarded as normal for the species or habitat in question,- negative variations due to natural causes or resulting from intervention relating to the normal management of sites, as defined in habitat records or target documents or as carried on previously by owners or operators,- damage to species or habitats for which it is established that they will recover, within a short time and without intervention, either to the baseline condition or to a condition which leads, solely by virtue of the dynamics of the species or habitat, to a condition deemed equivalent or superior to the baseline condition.Note ref.: Directive 2004/35/CE on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage. CELEX:32004L0035/EN