The Environmental Liability Directive

During the research of my recent article on The Czech Environmental Act, I had an interview with Ondřej Vícha, who is responsible for the transposition of the Environmental Liability Directive (2004/35/EC) into the Czech legal order and drafting of the Czech environmental liability act.

He told me that it was expected to come into force next month, which was the main angle on the news story. But I thought I would expand a little bit and talk a little bit about why this act is important in relation to our environment and specifically to the protection of our waters.