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The purpose of the study is to assess the range and scale of benefits accruing to the candidate countries from their implementation of the EU environmental acquis. Specific objectives are to:

1. Briefly review which directives face the largest compliance gaps. This will help to clarify where additional information on benefits is especially relevant in the context of decisions on the implementation of the directive concerned.

2. Qualitatively review the full range of effects (environmental and non-environmental) of the implementation of a wide set of key environmental directives. In addition, identify key variations between the 13 Candidate Countries and those benefits of particular importance to individual Candidate Countries.

3. Examine for a sub-set of effects (environmental and non-environmental), the quantitative (but non-monetised) benefits of implementation. Environmental effects are expressed in physical terms (e.g. change in pollution, receptors). Non-environmental effects, especially employment, are also considered.

4. Estimate, where possible for selected physical environmental benefits, the range of monetary values arising from the implementation of EU directives, by country, of selected directives or groups of directives.

The study aim is that the insights gained from the above steps should identify and highlight any significant benefits likely to accrue from implementing the environmental acquis and that the insights should contribute to the continued development of policy, prioritisation and approach to addressing environmental issue in the accession process

It should also be underlined that the aim of the study was not to carry out in-depth analysis of particular Candidate Countries; this was beyond the scope of the study. Nor was it the objective of the study to develop a perfect assessment of the benefits of particular directives that are accurate to one decimal place and statistically defensible. This was again outside the scope of the study, and arguably methodologically impossible (see Chapter 3 and Parts B-F).

The study "The benefits of compliance with the environmental acquis for the Candidate Countries" is available for download in PDF format chapter by chapter (or as a whole) below.

• Short summary (~240K)
• Executive summary (~360K)
• Part A: Main Report (~710K)
• Part B: Air Quality Directives (~990K)
• Part C: Water Quality Directives (~520K)
• Part D: Waste Management Directives (~870K)
• Part E: Nature Protection Directives (~290K)
• Part F: Employment Analysis (~300K)

The whole document (excluding short summary) in one file (~4,000K)