Legal Status of Waste

• Author: Florica Brasoveanu
• Position: Assistant Professor, PhD, 'Ovidius' University of Constanta, The Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, Romania
• Pages: 332-336

European Integration - Realities and Perspectives

2012

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Legal Status of Waste

Florica Braoveanu

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Abstract: Within states statutes designed to combat the environmental pollution through waste and hazardous

substances grow multiplied. The legal system reacts first by using known techniques and then in a progressive

manner, by creating new techniques. Environmental protection will go further and turn i nto a powerful factor

that will determine the improvement of fundamental concepts regarding environmental protection through

prevention, according to the principle “it is better to prevent than to repair environmental damage”. The

implementation of this principle is inevitable given that environmental protection has become a global

objective of the international society, resulting in a harmonizatio n of environmenta l legislation a nd

radicalization of internati onal cooperation i n en vironmental protection. Given the globalization of

environmental protection action, economic factors play an important role in the fight to safeguard the

environment, states taking measures to protect the internal environment, but also r egional and global

environment.

Keywords: Environment; waste; sustainable development; legal protection

1. Introduction

After accession to the European Union, following the commitments assumed by Romania duri ng the

negociations of unit. 22 - Environment is very expensive: by the end of 2018 (latest year for which we

obtained the transition period for implementation of all negotiated provisions of the environmental

acquis) a need of 29.3 billion Euro was estimated.

The higher costs are needed to ensure environmental infrastructure performance, which ultimately

leads to the “recovery” of the economy of Romanian society. In the context of the existence of real

problems of environmental pollution in Romania, the partnership principle, along with the

precautionary principle, pollution prevention, sustainable use of natural resources, proximity, producer

responsibility and, especially, the “polluter-pays” principles is the foundation of all measures and

actions to be taken to protect and improve the environment in Romania.

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This can be achieved only

through an active partnership between government authorities, local government, professional

associations, employers, unions, NGOs and all citizens of this country.

At the same time, all government institutions, business sector representatives and civil society and

financial institutions need to cooperate with relevant agencies and organizations, at regional and

international. We are particularly interested in speeding up the transition to a consumption and

production for a viable social and economic development of Romanian society, the rational and

efficient exploitation of natural resources.

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Assistant Professor, PhD, “Ovidius” University of Constanta, The Faculty of Law a nd Administrative Sciences, Romania.

Corresponding author: floriordache@yahoo.com.

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Environmental Protection Law defines only the potential environmental risk - as the probability of adverse effects on the

environment can be prevented using a evaluation study and not the significant risk to humans, environment and materi al

assets.