Co-Operation Between the Ukraine and the European Union in the Field of Environmental and Nuclear Safety in the Process of European Union Enlargement

• Autorzy: Yevhen Romanchuk
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Today, the environment in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is in a very poor state. The enlargement of the European Union to include these countries creates an environmental challenge on a far greater scale than previous accessions. In its work programme for 1999 the European Commission identified environmental protection as one of the fundamental challenges facing the European Union (EU). Now it is publicly recognized that thr new global environmental issues humanity is facing (growing industrialization, food hazards, the rapid degradation of the natural environment, etc.) cannot be solved without close co-operation between all the countries of the world. Sustainable development can only be achieved through international co-operation, approximation of national environmental legislation to world standards. In this context the EU can provide such an example. EU enlargement will create new opportunities for Ukrainian-EU co-operation in the field of environmental and nuclear safety, sińce the Ukraine will share common borders with the EU. The main objective of the paper is to analyze five aspects of co-operation the between EU and the Ukraine in this field and draw some conclusions based on selected literature. This paper deals with legal aspects of co-operation, the State of regional and global co-operation, EU assistance to the Ukraine regarding Chernobyl closure and the role of TACIS in developing an environmental policy. Environmental human rights are issue of growing public interest, so it is necessary to provide an outline of indirect co-operation between the EU and the Ukraine in this field. The practical value of this paper is to fili the gap in the information about co-operation between the EU and the Ukraine in the field of environmental and nuclear safety. To achieve this goal the following methods of analysis were used: impartiality, logic and legal methods. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economic and political integration of Europe; EU enlargement; Candidate countries; Nuclear power; Nuclear power station; International ecological cooperation

PL

Integracja gospodarcza i polityczna Europy; Rozszerzenie UE; Kraje kandydujące; Energetyka jądrowa; Elektrownie jądrowe; Międzynarodowa współpraca ekologiczna

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2002
• Numer: Vol. 2
• Strony: 133--150

Twórcy

autor

Yevhen Romanchuk

• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

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