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TyrolintheInnvalleyinordertoprotecttheair,faunaandora
infringestheprincipleofproportionality.TheAustrianauthori-
tiesdidnotcarryoutsumcientinvestigationintootherrealistic
alternativemeasuresfortransportinggoodsviaothermodes
oftransportoralongotherroadorrailroutes.Thetwo-month
transitionalperiod,priortotheimpositionoftheban,wasinsuf-
ficienttoallowthecompaniesconcernedtoadjusttothenew
circumstances.
1040InternationalEnvironmentalLaw
Internationalenvironmentallawisacollectionofinternationalle-
galregulationsandinstitutionscreatedbytheinternationalcom-
munitywhichserve,directlyorindirectly,toprotecttheenviron-
ment.Theaimistocreateconsensualsolutionswhichcombine
theprincipleofstatesovereignty,sofundamentalininternational
law,withthenecessitytousethesharedenvironmentandtoem-
bracesocialandeconomicdevelopment.Thelawencompasses
notonlynormsregulatingpollutionandotherenvironmentally
harmfulactivitiesbutalsoanynormsaimedatpreventing,reduc-
ingorcounteractingenvironmentalthreats.
Thedevelopmentofinternationalenvironmentallawcanbedi-
videdintotwostages.Thefirst,followingthe1972Stockholm
ConferenceontheHumanEnvironmentorganisedontheini-
tiativeoftheUN,laidout26principlesonaccesstoanduseof
theenvironment.Thesecond,aftertheUNConferenceonEnvi-
ronmentandDevelopmentinRiodeJaneiro(1992),setdown
27principlesregardingsustainabledevelopmentanddeclared
inPrinciple3withreferencetosustainabledevelopmentthat
theHrighttodevelopmentmustbefulfilledsoastoequitably
meetdevelopmentalandenvironmentalneedsofpresentand
futuregenerations”
.
Despiteariseinthenumberofinternationalconventionstoreg-
ulatevariousaspectsoflife,and70yearsaftertheestablishment
oftheUnitedNations,internationallawisnotalwayseńective,as
exemplifiedbythewarinIraq,theSyrianrefugeecrisisorcon-
tinuingenvironmentaldisasterssuchasthePrestigeoiltanker
disaster.ThislattereventtookplaceinNovember2002ońthe
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