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,
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