title: Improvement of Russian enviromental legislation: an outside perspective
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Popov, Petr A.
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-02-12T12:36:48Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-02-12T12:36:48Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Popov, Petr A. 2018. Improvement of Russian enviromental legislation: an outside perspective. Pravovedenie 62 (4): 671–691.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2018.406
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17093
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The author, having performed his own analysis and taken into account the comparative material,
  proposes several ways to improve Russian environmental legislation. Changes in environmental
  requirements should come into force only after a substantial time frame has elapsed to prepare
  for their implementation, which should start no earlier than on the adoption of the sufficient
  set of by-laws that develop statutory provisions. When assessing the environmental impact of
  a planned economic activity, it is necessary to take into account the best practices of the European
  Union, where the environmental impact assessment that relates to specific objects is
  streamlined and differentiated from the strategic environmental assessment of urban planning
  schemes and other similar documents. Pollution charges should be more clearly delineated
  with liability, while the collected payments should be spent in a targeted way to restore and improve
  the environment. Targeted budget funds may serve as vehicles for spending, since extrabudgetary
  funds that operated in the past have shown insufficient efficiency. The legal basis for
  environmental oversight should be unified and the appropriate application of expert knowledge
  in its implementation should be ensured. Mechanisms for the recovery of environmental damage
  need substantial improvement: in particular, it is necessary to ensure that restoration and
  equivalent work that brings real results for the environment takes precedence over monetary
  penalties; to remove any restrictions on the recognition of work carried out on the initiative of
  the polluter; to increase the liability in case of frivolous refusal from performing such work. It is
  proposed to introduce self-regulation of environmental experts, to establish a procedure for
  the engagement of foreign environmental experts and for the recognition of their conclusions.
  Some procedural measures are also proposed, such as vesting jurisdiction over disputes on
  compensation for environmental damage and over the collection of appropriate fines exclusively
  with the courts of law at the place where damage is inflicted, as well as the publication of
  settlement agreements on environmental disputes before they are approved by the court. As a
  long-term objective, codification of environmental law is mentioned that implies generalization
  and concretization of rules related to protecting the environment.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: Prepared as part of the research project of the International and Comparative Law Research Center
  commissioned by public joint-stock company “Gazprom Neft”, public joint-stock company “SIBUR Holding”
  and Bank “Gazprombank” (joint-stock company).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 62; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: environmental law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legal stability
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: environmental impact assessment
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pollution charges
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: environmental regulatory supervision
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: environmental funds
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: environmental damage
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: self-regulation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: codification
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Improvement of Russian enviromental legislation: an outside perspective
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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