1. On the history of environmental law compare, L.J. Brinkhorst, ‘European Environmental Law: An Introduction’, pp. 1–18, at p. 3 in N.S.J. Koeman, ed., Environment Law in Europe (The Hague, Kluwer Law International 1999).
2. Presidency Conclusions, Gothenburg, 15–16 June 2001, SN 200/1/01 REV 1 at p.4.
3. See A sustainable Europe for a better World: EU Sustainable Development Strategy, COM (2001) 264, 15 May 2001. See also the Commission Communication Ten Years After Rio: Preparing for the World Summi Sustainable Development in 2002, COM (2001) 53 of 6 February 2001, which outlined EU priorities and act at that event.
4. See the Commission Communication on the integration of environmental considerations into public procurement procedures. See also the Commission Press Release IP/01/959, 5 July 2001. For agriculture, see the Commission Communications, COM (2000) 20 and COM (1999) 22, the former providing Indicators for the Integration of Environmental Concerns into the Common Agricultural Policy and the latter providing Directions towards Sustainable Agriculture.
5. ‘Partnership for Integration, a strategy for integrating the environment into EU policies’, COM (1998) 333 final, 27 May 1998. See also the Cologne report on Environmental Integration, SEC (1999) 777. Most recently, the Commission published an external SEA report and integration of the Environment into strategic Decision-Making, May 2001, Contract B4-3040/99/136634/MAR/B4.