Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 which implement Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (“the Environmental Liability Directive”). The Regulations make provision for implementing an amendment to the Environmental Liability Directive by Article 34 of Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.