European Commission 31 August 2011, COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The Sixth Community Environment Action Programme FINAL ASSESSMENT

52011DC0531 /* COM/2011/0531 final */ COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The Sixth Community Environment Action Programme FINAL ASSESSMENT Political Context The world today is very different to that of 2002 when the ten-year 6th Environment Action Programme[1] (EAP) was adopted.