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The Commission will use the information gathered to evaluate whether EU and national policies are sufficient to ensure that polluters bear the cost of measures to prevent, control, and remedy pollution.
The consultation will cover aspects such as the use of market-based instruments by the EU and the Member States, indirectly paying the polluter through environmentally harmful subsidies, failing to implement the principle in the context of EU funds, how environmental liabilities are dealt with, and the use of pricing in policies.
The results of the consultation will be used to prepare a comprehensive policy evaluation, also known as a fitness check, in 2024. This evaluation will serve to prepare a Recommendation on how to better implement the "polluter pays" principle in environmental policies, as announced in the Commission's Zero Pollution Action Plan.
The consultation will be open until August 4, 2023.
May 12, 2023/ European Commission/ European Union.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission
