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Liability for Wastes and Its Insurance

verfasst von : Dorota Maśniak

Erschienen in: Managing Environmental Risks through Insurance

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The study is the result of an analysis of EU legal conditions supporting rational ecological waste management. The starting point for a deeper analysis was the creation of a conceptual apparatus related to the definition of insurance waste risk. The use of insurance as financial security for claims related to waste management is influenced by the principles of EU law: the polluter pays principle or the extended producer responsibility principle. American jurisprudence was also analyzed in order to find an answer to the question of to what extent the American insurance market is prepared to cover this type of risk. The American insurance market can be considered mature, also in the field of waste insurance, as indicated by the analysis of selected judgments.

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Titel: Liability for Wastes and Its Insurance
verfasst von: Dorota Maśniak
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Buch: Managing Environmental Risks through Insurance
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-47601-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-47602-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47602-0_11

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