Evaluation of expenditure and jobs for addressing soil degradation in Member States, with a focus on contamination.

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The objectives of this study are:— to provide data for each Member State of the European Union (EU) on the sector of soil remediation, including policy and legislation, management costs, public and private funds allocated, as well as the turnover, employment and structure (number and size of firms) of the national remediation industry and its foreign and European trade (export, import),— to estimate how the adoption of the proposed Soil Framework Directive could possibly modify the turnover and European trade of the national remediation industries,— to carry out a comparative analysis of existing statistical data on soil contamination and remediation in a selected number of Member States. In particular the analysis will look at the definitions and collection methods used with a view to their harmonisation.