the protection and improvement of the environment, principally through the application of the precautionary principle, the principle of preventive action and the polluter pays principle;
cosaint agus feabhsú an chomhshaoil, go háirithe trí phrionsabal an réamhchúraim, trí phrionsabal na gníomhaíochta coiscthí agus tríd an bprionsabal 'íoc mar a thruaillítear' a chur i bhfeidhm;