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The polluter must pay
- Source: CEPAL Review, Volume 1991, Issue 45, Dec 1991, p. 71 - 81
- Spanish
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- 31 Dec 1991
Abstract
The principte stated in the title of this article was adopted for the first time at the latertiational level in 1972, by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Basically, it postulates that those responsible for pollution must pay the cost of the measures needed to prevent or reduce such pollution in order to comply with regulations and measures on environmental quality.
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