This work offers a comprehensive overview of the European Community legal mechanisms and rules concerning the relationship between the establishment of the Single European Market and the development of international European and domestic environmental law. The book outlines the leagl mechanisms of the EC Treaty and shows how they seek to create a balance between economic and environmental interests.;Part one of the book covers the EC Treaty's principles governing the relationship between the Single European Market and domestic environmental policy instruments. It looks at the rules governing the free movement of goods (Articles 9, 12, 30-36) and gives an overview of the EC's policies in the fields of green-state aids (Articles 92 etc) and competition policies.;Part two looks in detail of the harmonization of European environment related policy both for the creation of the Common/Single European Market and the development of a genuine European Environmental policy. It also examines related areas such as agriculture, transport, the common commercial policy, external relations and all important areas of international environmental treaties.