Recital 9

(9)The General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 set out in Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁷ (the ‘8th Environment Action Programme’) establishes, inter alia, the objective to achieve a toxic-free environment, and to protecting the health and well-being of people, animals and ecosystems from environment-related risks and negative impacts, and, for that purpose, stipulates, inter alia, that further improvement of monitoring methods, better international cooperation, better information to the public and access to justice are needed. This guides the objectives set out in this Directive.