Environmental Liability Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Environmental Liability Act |
| Abbreviation: | UmweltHG, UmweltHaftG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Private law |
| References : | 400-9 |
| Issued on: | December 10, 1990 ( BGBl. I p. 2634 ) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1991 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 6 G of July 17, 2017 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2421, 2422 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
July 22, 2017 (Art. 12 G of July 17, 2017) |
| GESTA : | C157 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Environmental Liability Act regulates no-fault system liability in the event of environmental impact. If someone is killed, his body or health is injured or something is damaged by an environmental impact emanating from a facility named in Annex 1 of the Act, the owner of the facility is obliged to compensate the injured party for the resulting damage (Section 1 UmweltHaftG).
It is structured similar to the Product Liability Act and other laws as strict liability .
See also
literature
- for Germany:
- Geigel, "The liability process", 25th edition, Munich 2008 [Verlag CH Beck], ISBN 978-3-406-56392-8 , Chapter 24: Liability for environmental damage.
- Peter Salje / Jörg Peter: Environmental Liability Act (UmweltHG). Comment. 2nd edition Munich: CH Beck 2005.
- Marc Lothar Mewes: Public Law and Liability Law in Risk Society, Verlag Peter Lang
