It shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay.
Fothófar é ar phrionsabal an réamhchúraim agus ar na prionsabail gur cóir bearta coisctheacha a ghlacadh, go dtabharfar tosaíocht do bhearta chun damáiste don chomhshaol a cheartú ag an bhfoinse agus gurb é údar an truaillithe a íocfaidh as.