Возмещение вреда, причинённого в сфере экологии

Compensation for Environmental Damage

For commission of an ecological offense the Russian legislation provides property, disciplinary, administrative and criminal liability. Civil (delictual, tortious) responsibility for causing ecological harm has property character. Source of regulation of the relations on compensation of harm is the Civil code of the Russian Federation and the norms of some other special laws based on it. Delictual (tortious) responsibility is directed on compensation of the damage caused to environment. Its application requires existence of the general conditions of delictual responsibility (the actual existence of harm, illegality of act, a causal connection between them, guilt). But also specifics of ecological harm and feature of its causing have to be considered. In the general concept of ecological harm distinguish harm of primary origin (caused actually to environment) and secondary (harm occurring from it to the material and non-material benefits of private individuals). Difficulties in a monetary assessment of caused primary ecological harm do difficult its compensation in full. In this regard the legislation specially regulates an order of determination of the amount of its compensation.