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10 Law Innovation & Tech. 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/linovte10 and id is 1 raw text is: LAW, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, 2018 VOL. 10, NO. 1, 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2018.1455023 Routiedge Taylor & Francis Group Towards an innovation principle: an industry trump or shortening the odds on environmental protection? Kathleen Garnetta, Geert Van Calsterb and Leonie Reinsc 'independent Researcher; b Department of International and EU law, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; cTilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT), Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands ARTICLE HISTORY Received 23 August 2017; Accepted 17 January 2018 KEYWORDS Innovation; precaution; European Union; new technologies; risk management 1. Introduction: what is the innovation principle? The relative newness of the innovation principle, first proposed to the Euro- pean Union (EU) in 2013, makes it poorly understood and little known outside of those working on innovation policies. Unlike the precautionary principle, the innovation principle cannot be found in either primary or sec- ondary legislation. Nor has it been formally adopted as part of the Better Regulation agenda, the Circular Economy or the Horizon 2020 regulations. Unlike most other principles introduced into the EU treaties, the innovation principle does not exist in any of the member states' legal orders, and it was proposed neither by an EU member state nor by one of the EU institutions or agencies. It is, however, gaining ground and is increasingly being referred to in EU policy papers (see below). It is important, therefore, that the potential CONTACT Kathleen Garnett 0 kathleen.garnett@gmail.com 0 Independent Researcher 0 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group