OKOLIŠNA SIGURNOST U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI – ZNAČAJ ZA DRUŠTVENU DOBROBIT / ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL WELL-BEING

Abstract

The general framework of the enlargement policy of the European Union, includes the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) which was created for countries of South Eastern Europe and it was launched in 1999. In the area of environment, SAP aims to improve and achieve a high level of protection. European environmental policy is based on the principles of precautionary, preventive action and elimination of pollution at the source, as well as on the principle of "polluter pays". The adoption of the 7th action program for the environment, environmental policy of the EU includes air, chemicals, circular economy, greening public procurement, industry, international issues, the use of land, sea and coast, nature and biodiversity, noise, efficiency of resource use, soil, sustainable development , waste and water. The concept of environmental safety or ecological security is relative, but essentially involves public safety, presenting the environmental hazards which are caused by natural or human processes of ignorance, accidents, mismanagement, and these dangers originate within the country or across national borders.
For preparation of this paper the author used historical, deductive and comparative methods for the purpose of the legal framework of environmental policy, including the security environment of the European Union and the current situation in BiH regarding the safety of the environment and the process of adopting laws and directives. The EU has set a clear expectation that B&H should adopt a common strategy of approximation of regulations in the field of environmental protection (EAS) for the whole country, thus the security environment would be adequately treated.