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Ιωάννης Κ. Καράκωστας – Αστικό Δίκαιο και Περιβάλλον

The aim of Law 1650/1986, as determined in art. 1, par. 1, is the enactment of
fundamental norms and the establishment of criteria and mechanisms for environment

protection, so that the human being, as an individual and as a member of the social

body, live in a high-quality environment, in which his health be protected and the
development of his personality be favoured. Environment protection, being as it is a

fundamental and integral part of the cultural and development process and policy, is

primarily implemented through democratic planning.”
From this provision there could be inferred the conclusion that the legislator, during the

enactment of the provisions of Law 1650/1986, had a purely anthropocentric orientation
and aimed at environment protection, mainly, as a means for the safeguard and

enjoyment of other human values, namely, human health and personality. Its
combination, though, with the provisions of par. 2 of art. 1, wherein the protective

purpose of the law is concretised through the enumeration of the more specific objects

of protection renders manifest that the environmental goods enjoy also independent
protection, yet always having as their standard their character as elements of the the

human being’s living space.
“In particular, the basic aims of the law are the following:

i. The prevention of pollution, and, in general, of environment

degradation, and the adoption of all the necessary, for this purpose,

measures.
ii. The safeguard of human health from the various forms of environment

degradation, and in particular, from pollution, and nuisances.
iii. The promotion of the balanced development of the national space

overall and of the individual geographical and residential units also by

means of the rational management of the environment.
iv. The safeguard of the possibility of the renewal of natural resources and

the rational exploitation of the non-renewable or scarce ones in relation
to the current and future needs also having environment protection as

their standard.