OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

The document is an open letter from a coalition of environmental and consumer organizations calling on the European Parliament to vote for specific amendments (ENVI amendments 31, 33, 218-222) to the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) on July 11. The authors argue that victims of illegal industrial pollution currently lack harmonized rules to seek remedy in court. They propose that a causal link between IED violations and health damage should be presumed if sufficient evidence is provided, and that companies must disclose evidence held exclusively by them. The letter highlights that industrial air pollution in Europe cost between EUR 277 billion and EUR 433 billion in 2017 and asserts that a compensation right would incentivize legal compliance and protect fundamental rights to health and life.

• Victims of illegal industrial pollution in Europe currently face significant barriers to obtaining legal remedy due to a lack of harmonized rules, a situation confirmed by the European Commission.
• The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) governs more than 50,000 installations across Europe, including chemical and plastics factories, coal plants, and steelworks.
• Industrial air pollution in Europe caused estimated costs between EUR 277 billion and EUR 433 billion in 2017.
• To make the compensation right effective, the authors propose that a causal link between an IED violation and health damage be presumed when sufficient evidence is provided, and that companies be required to disclose evidence held solely by them.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2023). OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/open-letter-ep-ied-compensation-right-6-july-final-1.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. 2023. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/open-letter-ep-ied-compensation-right-6-july-final-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2023open, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2023}, month = jul, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/open-letter-ep-ied-compensation-right-6-july-final-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }