Legal.geThe restitution principle: an environment degraded as a result of an activity must be restored to a state as close as possible to its original condition.
For activities especially dangerous to the environment, financial assurance of the risk of damage is mandatory; its regime is established by the law on environmental liability.
Fulfilment of ecological safety requirements, consideration of remediation measures and their financial means, operational and systematic accident-prevention measures and a liquidation service.
Upon partial or complete liquidation of an economic object, the requirements provided by law must be observed — leaving the territory without remediation is impermissible.
Environmental remediation is not a separate procedural code — it is embedded in the principles of the Law on Environmental Protection and in the obligations of persons carrying on activities. This page explains which norms create the legal foundation of remediation, what the law requires during the activity, and what obligations remain at the liquidation of an object.
Updated: 23 Oct 2026
