Abstract
This chapter focused on Turkish environmental law in practice, based on its implementation , compliance and enforcement . The methods of ensuring environmental implementation , compliance and enforcement aree analysed on the basis of environmental permits and licences, environmental impact assessment (EIA) applications and decisions, reporting , monitoring and inspecting systems, and administrative fines and suspension as tools of environmental enforcement .
Dr. Zerrin Savaşan, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Sub-department of International Law, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. e-mail: szerrin@selcuk.edu.tr.
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See the details at: http://laboratuvar.cevre.gov.tr/anasayfa-eng.asp.
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The Project for Automation of the Authorization Process of Environmental Measurement and Analysis Laboratories enables all kinds of documents and information to be sent and viewed electronically instead of as hard copy, and includes all licensing processes starting with the application procedures for laboratory authorization (Olgun 2015).
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See all texts, including amendments, at: http://www.csb.gov.tr/gm/ced/index.php?Sayfa=sayfa&Tur=webmenu&Id=254 and http://www.csb.gov.tr/gm/ced/index.php?Sayfa=sayfa&Tur=webmenu&Id=11223.
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See also the explanations about the Communiqué to understand it further at:
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See also Seveso-I (Directive 82/501/EEC) and Seveso-III (Directive 2012/18/EU).
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For the recent Communiqué on Administrative Fines (2019/1), see at: http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2018/12/20181231-6.htm.
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Savaşan, Z. (2020). Instruments of Environmental Compliance. In: Savaşan, Z., Sümer, V. (eds) Environmental Law and Policies in Turkey. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36483-0_6
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