Environmental liability

Abstract

Given the growing importance of the issue of responsibility for the damage and the danger of damage in the context of environmental protection at EU level, in this paper is specially treated so-called problems environmental responsibility and its regulation at the EU level, as well as implementation of this institution in some national legislation. The analysis was performed looking at ways of starting to regulate environmental matters under the Directive on environmental liability, and special emphasis is placed on the implementation of this Directive in individual EU countries such as Great Britain, Germany, Spain and France. Given that environmental protection is one of the area divided jurisdiction where EU bodies share equal responsibility with the national administrations of EU member states, ultimate goal is not only to protect the environment, but to promote the concept of improving the quality of the environment. In this context, the role of companies in the EU and the world is that in addition to taking legally required environmental protection measures, conduct additional environmental programs under the auspices of the increasingly popular corporate social responsibility.

Keywords

• environmental responsibility
• environmental damage
• civil law
• compensation for damage
• polluter pay principle