Egkher, C. (2021). The treatment of lead in the accession to the EU in 2004 and 2007 [Master Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2021.91905
lead; environment; pollution; EU accession treaties
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Abstract:
The accession process to the EU of 2004 and 2007 brought a great deal of change tothe accession countries. The legal framework of the EU needed to be implementedby them and to secure the implementation the countries needed to prepare beforehandfor the laws that came with the accession. The environmental topic was a huge topicfor the accession process as many of the countries had neglected this topic prior toaccession and were far from the EU standards.The pressure of the accession countries to become members as soon as possible andthe fear of the EU that the environmental policy would be weakened if the countriesaccessed too soon lead to negotiations that resulted in the accession treaties. Thisthesis aims to show in which way the topic of lead is covered in the accession treaties.It will further look at the change of lead emissions the countries were undergoingdue to accession.