Environmental Policy Review Group

The Environmental Policy Review Group (EPRG) has its origin in the fifth Community environmental action programme, 'Towards sustainability'. It is composed of representatives of the Commission, the Member States and the candidate countries at director-general level. Its mission is to develop a mutual understanding and exchange of views on environmental policies and measures. It is a dialogue group for getting Commission, Member States and candidate countries together to discuss on environmental issues at an early stage and not only at Council level on proposals; being a think tank where ideas on environmental issues can be explored or tested, prior to administrative and legislative developments, in the light of Member States ground reality.