Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

 11.2. 
 Legal principles of environmental 
protection
Environ mental protection principles are guiding ideas, on the 
basis of which the state develops its environ mental policy. Compared 
with  legal  provisions  as  sufficiently  clear  rules  of  conduct,  the 
environ mental protection principles are more abstract. Therefore, 
they are often considered as an intermediate stage between environ-
mental policy and environ mental law. These principles are established 
by law and serve primarily as guidelines for the Development of 
environ mental laws and regulations.
There are several environ mental protection principles effective 
in the European legal space – the principle of high level of environ-
mental protection, the precautionary principle, the principle of 
preventive action, the assessment principle and the ‘polluter pays’ 
principle.
When new environ mental laws and regulations are adopted,