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Q&A on Environmental Law in Belgium

1 October 2013

This article provides a guide to environmental law and practice in Belgium featuring a wide range of topics including:

• The main permitting frameworks
• Liability regimes for contaminated land and environmental damage
• Regulators' powers and approach to enforcement, and NGO involvement
• Lender liability
• How environmental issues are dealt with in asset and share sales
• Environmental due diligence in transactions
• Environmental reporting and auditing

It is one of a series of articles covering Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom (England & Wales).

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