Translation of "Nach dem verursacherprinzip" in English

He is passing on the costs under the "polluter pays" principle.

But some of these containers came back unchanged.

Additional costs for sewage and refuse disposal are charged to the cause.

Participating third parties should be strictly obliged to contribute to the land consolidation costs according to the user-pays-principle.

Using this approach, we can settle the resources consumed closely to the cause.

In such cases, we apply the user-pays principle.

The SIX Swiss Exchange imposes charges for additional services in accordance with the cost-by-cause principle.

Repair costs will be paid either in whole or in part according to the causer principle.

I support the proposal whereby, in accordance with the 'polluter pays' principle, those who produce waste would, as a matter of general practice, be held responsible for it.

The pooling and sharing of resources will be financed by fees and charges based on the 'user pays principle'.

The Commission is pushing ahead with its plans to introduce a strict liability regime for environmental damage based on the polluter pays principle.

The total costs of coexistence need to be established, kept to a minimum, and shared in line with the polluter-pays principle.

It stresses preventive action, rectifying environmental damage at source and that the polluter should pay.

Does the Commissioner not believe that ultimately external costs should be charged to all transport operators?

Finally, it is morally condemnable because it is not the principle of the polluter pays which is applied, it is the principle of the consumer pays, the principle of the innocent pays, just like the surcharges on meat to tackle pollution, to tackle mad-cow disease.

As for industrial-type operations, which often cause pollution, let us steer them towards the 'polluter pays' type systems, with environmental conditions and an upper limit for aid.

The proposal calls on the Member States to guarantee higher safety levels that also comply with international safety standards; greater attention to technical and scientific advances, particularly to comply with the principle of reversibility; increased emphasis on protection of the environment and people's health; and a commitment to identifying responsibility in accordance with the 'polluter pays' principle, with transparency and with the role of licence holders.

The United Kingdom also submits that it is inappropriate to view Measure A as objectionable on the ground that it relieves BE from part of its ‘polluter pays’ obligations.

Without the Government’s undertaking, BE would have become insolvent and would have been unable to pay any future ‘polluter pays’ obligations.

The Commission took account not only of the situation of the NDA, which might receive direct payments from the State, but also that of BNFL, which could be relieved of charges that it might otherwise have had to bear under the polluter-pays principle.

For instance, he describes how there is a need for incentive systems in order to give transport a more environmentally friendly form, and he also states that new sources of funding are needed, including, for example, in order to be able to work according to the 'polluter pays' principle.

It would be a good thing, furthermore, if a body of environmental monitors were to be established at Community or national level. This body would monitor compliance with the environmental conditions on a continuous basis and be able to impose fines or other penalties in the event of violations in accordance with 'the polluter pays' principle.

As rapporteur on the Commission's Green Paper on internalizing the external costs of transport, I see the Commission proposal as a first step towards the practical implementation of a fair pricing system, based on the principle that the polluter pays.

But if the rapporteur intends to use the Transport Committee's compromise decision and the airing of the issue in the press this week as a way of finally burying discussion on the internalization of external costs - and it is the press coverage which has given me that impression - then I have to say that my group will not go along with that; because while there may be problems with some elements of the Commission proposal, particularly as regards the charging structure, the overall intention means an improvement in the whole approach to transport - and, most importantly, a fairer system is to be introduced that will spread the burden of costs according to the principle that the polluter pays.

This also means, of course, that we urgently need a decommissioning fund, which should be based on the polluter-pays principle.

In accordance with the polluter-pays principle these payments should cover only those commitments going beyond the relevant mandatory standards.

In my opinion it is not taxpayers who should pay for cleaning the polluted area but, applying the principle of the 'polluter pays', those who caused the pollution.

I voted in favour of this compromise on the revision of the Eurovignette Directive, which aims to set 'polluter pays' road tolls for heavy goods vehicles.