The J&E priority areas in 2009 are:

• Aarhus Convention and related legislation,
• Air and Noise
• Waste
• Climate Change

Also, J&E have been dealing with:

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA and SEA)
• Environmental Liability Directive (ELD)
• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC)
• Natura 2000
• Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment (SEA)
• South Eastern Europe Capacity Building (SEE)
• Transport Infrastructure Projects

J&E elaborates on the status and problems of transposition of EU legislation to national legislation, and also the actual implementation of the legislation and reíated issues from a broad perspective.