Chapter 6
Instruments of Environmental
Compliance
Zerrin Savaşan
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.
Keywords Turkish environmental law Á Implementation Á Compliance Á
Enforcement
6.1 Introduction
To ensure the timely implementation and enforcement of environmental legislation
and compliance with it, and thereby prevent or reduce environmental infringements,
it is vital to establish an effective environmental management system which
incorporates a well-functioning legal, administrative and judicial capacity.
Environmental compliance mechanism arises here as a key process. For the
effective operation of the mechanism in practice, the institutions, organizations and
facilities whose activities may cause environmental pollution or harm are required
to establish environmental management units, employ environmental representatives or use the services of environmental consultancies authorized by the Ministry
(Supplementary Item 2, Environment Act). Their authorization, obligations, and
other related procedures and principles are comprehensively regulated under the
By-Law on Environmental Representatives, Environmental Management Unit and
Environmental Consulting Firms. Additionally, qualification certificates are
required for private and public laboratories authorized by the Ministry (by the
Dr. Zerrin Savaşan, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Sub-department
of International Law, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. e-mail: szerrin@selcuk.edu.tr.
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Z. Savaşan and V. Sümer (eds.), Environmental Law and Policies in Turkey,
The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science 31,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36483-0_6
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Instruments of Environmental
Compliance
Zerrin Savaşan
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.
Keywords Turkish environmental law Á Implementation Á Compliance Á
Enforcement
6.1 Introduction
To ensure the timely implementation and enforcement of environmental legislation
and compliance with it, and thereby prevent or reduce environmental infringements,
it is vital to establish an effective environmental management system which
incorporates a well-functioning legal, administrative and judicial capacity.
Environmental compliance mechanism arises here as a key process. For the
effective operation of the mechanism in practice, the institutions, organizations and
facilities whose activities may cause environmental pollution or harm are required
to establish environmental management units, employ environmental representatives or use the services of environmental consultancies authorized by the Ministry
(Supplementary Item 2, Environment Act). Their authorization, obligations, and
other related procedures and principles are comprehensively regulated under the
By-Law on Environmental Representatives, Environmental Management Unit and
Environmental Consulting Firms. Additionally, qualification certificates are
required for private and public laboratories authorized by the Ministry (by the
Dr. Zerrin Savaşan, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Sub-department
of International Law, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. e-mail: szerrin@selcuk.edu.tr.
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Z. Savaşan and V. Sümer (eds.), Environmental Law and Policies in Turkey,
The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science 31,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36483-0_6
99