Traducción de «Política de medio ambiente » (Español → Inglés) :

Under Article 6 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty), environmental policy objectives must be integrated into the Commission's policy on aid controls in the environmental sector, in particular with a view to promoting sustainable development.

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1. The objective of the thematic programme on environment and sustainable management of natural resources, including water, and energy, shall be to integrate environmental protection requirements into the Community's development and other external policies as well as to help promote the Community's environmental and energy policies abroad in the common interest of the Community and partner countries and regions.

(1) Whereas Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (5) aims at providing the competent authorities with relevant information to enable them to take a decision on a specific project in full knowledge of the project's likely significant impact on the environment; whereas the assessment procedure is a fundamental instrument of environmental policy as defined in Article 130r of the Treaty and of the Fifth Community Programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development;

Whereas a programme of action of the European Communities on the environment was adopted by the declaration of 22 November 1973 (3), and supplemented by the resolution of 17 May 1977 (4) ; whereas the aim of an environment policy in the Community, as defined in these acts, is to improve the setting and quality of life and the surroundings and living conditions of the peoples of the Community ; whereas to this end it is, in particular, necessary to ensure the sound management of resources and of the natural environment and avoid any exploitation of them which causes significant damage to the ecological balance ; whereas, further, commo ...[+++]n solutions to environment problems with States outside the Community should be sought, particularly in international organizations;

Accordingly, competition policy and environmental policy are not mutually antagonistic: the requirements of environmental protection need to be integrated into the definition and implementation of competition policy, particularly in order to promote sustainable development.