Protection of environment: Prevention and compensation

• Main Author: Pajtić Bojan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Law 2011-01-01
• Series: Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu
• Subjects: principle of prevention; the principle of removing the damage; impact assessment; environment
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0550-2179/2011/0550-21791102249P.pdf
• ISSN: 0550-2179; 2406-1255

The environment today is an increasingly important area of interest, and regulation in the world, and also in Republic of Serbia. Looking at the Acquis (Acquis Communituire) states that must be adopted and put into national legislation, all activities, environmental protection is one of the most extensive, most complex and demanding investment. The environmental significance of a growing number and variety of preventive measures and actions of different entities, which is natural because, as a rule, the damage to the environment or its individual segments in most cases, irreparable or only partially recoverable, which raises serious the possibility of sustainable development. In this paper, attention is paid to principles of law of environment: principles of prevention, precaution, environmental expertise and polluter pays principle as well as damages. Special attention is paid to the principle of prevention as one of the basic principles of environmental law and its practical implications in assessing environmental impacts of projects, plans and platforms in the Republic of Serbia and responsibility for not taking the necessary preventive measures and the detrimental consequences in the environment at national level, and also at EU level.