This dissertation was written as a part of the MSc in Energy Systems at the International
Hellenic University. Environmental damages are very common phenomenon and this is the
reason why the law systems are being constantly improved. There is described the way,
which evaluate the damages with different approaches, in different law systems and from
the perspective of the economic analysis, like in the USA (on the example of Oil Pollution Act
OPA and the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation Liability Act) and
in the EΕ (Directive 2004/35 of the European Parliament and of the Council on
environmental liability) are analyzed.
There is an approach in the fact that the Environmental liability regimes in the Member States
of the EU have not regulated environmental damage as such but mostly traditional types of
damage, such as personal injury or property damage that are caused via the environment. EU
Directive on Environmental Liability 2004/35 was introduced in order to fill this gap in the
protection of ecologically valuable natural resources and that is the reason why there is a
comparison between the USA system and the Directive 2004/35.Finally there are suggestions
for the improvement of the law systems in order to be economically and legally efficient as a
precise incentive to be avoided the environmental damages.
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