APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL LAW ACCORDING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT

Abstract

The legal framework in each country is one of the fundamental, and at the same time on of the key conditions for the preservation and enhancement of environment. In Serbia, the system of legal norms in the field of protection and improvement of environment consists of a number of laws and regulations. Certainly, the most important and structurally the most complex system law in this area is the Environmental Protection Act. Given the importance of this law, and that it regulates the integrated system environment protection which enables the exercise of the human right to live and develop in a healthy environment and a balance between economic development and environmental protection in our country, the provisions prescribing penalties are an important part of this statute. The paper describes the provisions on economic crimes and misdemeanors and criminal actions that may be taken against the perpetrators of these environmental crimes, according to this law, as well as their application, based on available data from the Republic Environmental Inspection.