Mercosul and the construction of environmental policy for Southern Cone countries
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7984.2010v9n16p205Abstract
From 1991, when Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay agreed to create
the Mercosur, until now, a relative advance occurred in the process of
commercial integration of these countries. However, a small progress has
been verified in this forum of discussion in what concerns the environmental
questions. This article aims to analyze the way that the environmental
question is been managed in the various institutionalized legal instruments
of Mercosur, showing the different attempts to adopt steps with a view
to harmonize the environmental legislation, as well as the reasons for the
establishment of a common policy of environmental protection within the
process of regional integration, without this entailing the unification of the
environmental policies of the different country members of Mercosur.
Keywords: Asunción Treaty, Mercosur, Environmental Question, Commercial
Integration, Ouro Preto Protocol.
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