Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical Frame of Reference and Analytical Approach -- 2 Regulatory Principles at the National and Supranational Levels: Policy Patterns in Environmental Protection -- 3 Changing Roles in the European Negotiating Game: Initiative and Blockade -- 4 The Regulatory Contest and its Consequences: A Subtle Redefinition of the State -- Appendix: Actor Groups Interviewed -- References -- Backmatter