Summary: | The present paper analyses the determinants of the evolution of the juridical and
administrative-institutional context of the Danube River protection. The continental conception and the
utilitarian approach regarding the issue of the environmental protection are used as a methodological
guiding mark for the analysis of the legal context. The evolution of the legal context in Romania is
strongly influenced by the evolutions of the international regulations on the matter, as well as by the
social-economical context of the country. In the Notes that underlie the normative acts that regard the
Danube River and the Danubian territory and within the content of the normative acts the establishing
of interdependent connections between the economic and social development and the protection of the
Danube River can be noticed. The general conceptions expressed by the national legislation have
evolved from a utilitarian approach to a holistic one, but its application is generally a challenge caused
by the lack of planning, of coordination, and of an adequate mode of funding.
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