e83a6309-ec63-4761-94ac-2114f28dae3e20211125085225709naun:naunmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositInternational Journal of Energy and Environment2308-100710.46300/91012http://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=3043324202132420211510.46300/91012.2021.15https://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=23309CristianMaresFaculty of Law and Social - Political Sciences, “Valahia” University of Târgoviste, Târgoviste, RomaniaConstantaMătusescuFaculty of Law and Social - Political Sciences, “Valahia” University of Târgoviste, Târgoviste, RomaniaAlthough the economic interests have played a major political role in the recent period, in a number of litigations the courts applied the “polluter pays” principle and rendered favorably judgments to the claimants which suffered a damage caused by pollution. In this respect, it is worth analyzing the case law of the European Court of Justice which has recently provided the presumption of liability for pollution of the operators which operates installations on land adjacent to a polluted area. As the Romanian case law is concerned, given the novelty of the framework of an objective environmental liability and the low number of cases related to this issue, it is to be developed a constant jurisprudence as the decision rendered by the Romanian Court of Appeal as of March 9, 2009, which forced a polluter to remedy totally and in kind the damage caused to an individual’s house.1125202111252021667111https://www.naun.org/main/NAUN/energyenvironment/2021/a222011-011(2021).pdf10.46300/91012.2021.15.11https://www.naun.org/main/NAUN/energyenvironment/2021/a222011-011(2021).pdfCraiova Ap. C., Civ. S. I, Dec. no. 322/2009, in: șThe Bulletin of the Courts of Appeal no. 2/2009”, (in Romanian) C. H. 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Romania, January 27, 2009, European Court of Human Rights, on line at: http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?item=1&portal =hbkm&action=html&highlight=Tatar%20%7C%20Roma nia%20%7C%2067021/01&sessionid=75436135&skin=hu doc-en 10.1080/13880290902938435European Commission, Report from the European Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, under Article 14(2) of Environmental Liability Directive, October 12, 2010, Brussels, COM(2010) 581 final, 2.3, 5, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/liability/pdf/com_201 0_0581.pdf 10.7202/702057arC. Mareş, șTowards a General Legal Framework of an International Objective Environmental Liability”, In: Recent Researches in Energy, Environment, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, International WSEAS Press, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, 2011, pp. 143-149; see also J. 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Thieffry, șDroit de l’environnement de l’Union Européenne”, 2nd ed., Bruylant Publishing House, Bruxelles, 2011, pp. 791-830. EC Directive, Directive 92/43/EC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, Official Journal of the European Communities, L 206, July 22, 1992, Brussels, pp. 7-50. “3. Any plan or project not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site but likely to have a significant effect thereon, either individually or in combination with other plans or projects, shall be subject to appropriate assessment of its implications for the site in view of the site's conservation objectives. In the light of the conclusions of the assessment of the implications for the site and subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, the competent national authorities shall agree to the plan or project only after having ascertained that it will not adversely affect the integrity of the site concerned and, if appropriate, after having obtained the opinion of the general public. 4. If, in spite of a negative assessment of the implications for the site and in the absence of alternative solutions, a plan or project must nevertheless be carried out for imperative reasons of overriding public interest, including those of a social or economic nature, the Member State shall take all compensatory measures necessary to ensure that the overall coherence of Natura 2000 is protected. It shall inform the Commission of the compensatory measures adopted.” 10.1680/ea.26124.bm04EC Directive, Directive 85/337/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, Official Journal of the European Communities, L 175, July 5, 1985, Brussels, pp. 40-48. “1. Member States shall adopt all measures necessary to ensure that, before consent is given, projects likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue inter alia, of their nature, size or location are made subject to an assessment with regard to their effects.” P. Wennerås, șThe enforcement of EC environmental law”, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007, pp. 309-325.