Environmental Damage : Prevention and reparation

The rules of environmental liability have three different functions. One is the liability for which a person has to pay damages when he or she is responsible for damage that someone has suffered. Another important function of the environmental liability is the reparation of the damage: to economically compensate the person who has suffered the damage. However the environmental liability also has the function of prevention. In the view of the Environmental Code these functions have to work together in order to promote sustainable development for which the Code targets. To reach the target the damages have adapt to an economic, ecological and social perspective.Validerat; 20120615 (anonymous