I principi in materia di tutela dell'ambiente

The article analyses different aspects of European principles on environmental protection. Once having adressed the development of environmental law in the Eu legal system since the Seventies, it is explained the different principles of this topic and, in particular: the principle of subsidiarity and differentiation, the principle of sustainable development, the principle of hight level of protection, the information principle, the precautionary principle, the principle of proportionality (which, of course, apply not only to environmental law, but is particularly important for this topic), the principle of compensation for damages first at source, the principle "pollutter pays".