Prawne aspekty nanotechnologii w kontekście ochrony środowiska

Abstrakt

There is no detailed legal regulation, which directly refers to nature conservation in context of use of
nanotechnologies. European Commission is fi nalizing the few years long review, assessing the adequacy of EU
legislative framework including the nature conservaion laws to the use of nanomaterials. In 2012 European
Commission has fi nished the second regulations review in fi eld of nanomaterials, proposing legal actions and
approved the need of using unifi ed defi nition of nanomaterial. “Precautionary principle” forms the basis for all
environmental directives that are under consideration or have been issued by the EC