... objectives of the EC policy are set out in the Treaty's Article 174(1): - Preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment - Protecting human health - Prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources - Promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems Article 174(2) of the EC Treaty also provides the principles of EC environmental law stating that: Community policy on the environment shall aim at a high level of protection taking into account the diversity of situations in the various regions of the Community. It shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay. The precautionary principle is the notion that even without scientific certainty no action will be stopped to protect the environment from harm. The birth of the precautionary ...

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