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The Ministry drafts the law on Environmental Liability upon the EU-Georgia Association Agreement
Georgia’s environmental commitments under the EU-Georgia Association Agreement have aspired the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (MEPA) and the Department of Environmental Supervision to draft the law on Environmental Liability, which has already passed through the two hearing at the Parliament.
The draft law aspires to set forth regulations, which will impose to undertake actions that are effective and entail methodology of the best practices for recovering the damage rather than monetary remedies. A party causing damage shall ensure actions for preventing/softening damage to an environment.
The draft law on “Environmental Liability” aspires to dwell on the following principle – “polluter shall be kept accountable”, whether physical person or a legal entity, the latter shall compensate damage caused to an environment. A party causing damage will be liable to carry the sole responsibility for undertaking actions for recovering. Sole objective of the new draft law would be prevention and eradication of an environmental damage. The package will also set forth legal grounds for large-scale companies, but also every enterprise, which will be liable to undertake remediation actions upon causing damage to an environment; prior to resuming operation of an enterprise – these companies shall endorse solid financial guarantees, ensuring that in case of a damage, they will have an accumulated funds to eradicate damages in the shortest possible timeline.
Following the third hearing of the package of amendments at the Parliament of Georgia, the respecting sanctions will be set forth, empowering effective remedies to an environmental offences.
The draft law aspires to set forth regulations, which will impose to undertake actions that are effective and entail methodology of the best practices for recovering the damage rather than monetary remedies. A party causing damage shall ensure actions for preventing/softening damage to an environment.
The draft law on “Environmental Liability” aspires to dwell on the following principle – “polluter shall be kept accountable”, whether physical person or a legal entity, the latter shall compensate damage caused to an environment. A party causing damage will be liable to carry the sole responsibility for undertaking actions for recovering. Sole objective of the new draft law would be prevention and eradication of an environmental damage. The package will also set forth legal grounds for large-scale companies, but also every enterprise, which will be liable to undertake remediation actions upon causing damage to an environment; prior to resuming operation of an enterprise – these companies shall endorse solid financial guarantees, ensuring that in case of a damage, they will have an accumulated funds to eradicate damages in the shortest possible timeline.
Following the third hearing of the package of amendments at the Parliament of Georgia, the respecting sanctions will be set forth, empowering effective remedies to an environmental offences.