TY - JOUR AU - Słok-Wódkowska, Magdalena AB - 412 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW of Legislative Decree 152/2006, which extends to the owner of the site the obligation to take the necessary preventive measures; and on EU Directive 2004/35, which establishes a regime of strict liability for the operators falling within the activities listed in Annex III. The tribunal, building upon the inter- pretation given by the Court of Justice of the causal link between the operator and the site contamination under EC Directive 2004/35 (Case C-378/08, Raffinerie Mediterranee (ERG) Spa and other v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico) has further specified that—independently from the establishment of a causal link between the activity and the contamination—it cannot be assumed that Italian law would permit the owner of a contaminated site to disregard the causes of the contamination without being held responsible for the costs of his inaction. These decisions are especially welcome as they con- tribute to clarify the scope of application of the environmental liability regime in Italy and to the proper implementation of the directive in the national legal order (). (B) Normative Developments By means of Presidential Decree no. 59, a unified authorization procedure has been introduced for ‘minor’ installations, not subject to the integrated TI - 9. East, Central, and Southern Europe JF - Yearbook of International Environmental Law DO - 10.1093/yiel/yvu034 DA - 2014-12-24 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/9-east-central-and-southern-europe-Q0zAwJEOd0 SP - 412 EP - 416 VL - 24 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -