Summary: | Polluter- Pays Principle (PPP) was initially known as economic instrument to maintain
the balance between natural resources exploitation and economic activities. In its further
development, PPP was defined as basic instrument of legal responsibility. In Indonesian legal
perspective, PPP was not arranged adequately, either in its basic level of law arrangement
or in its definition subsisted in court�s verdicts, including its clear existence in legal system.
However, the principle has become reference in practical level, especially in the settlement of
environmental pollution cases. For Indonesia, the position of this principle was supposed to
be defined in accordance with its purposes of formulation by applying economic instruments,
such as charge for guarantee fund, environmental tax, as well as charge for environmental
service. In legal perspective, the principle was not relevant to be used as the basis for legal
responsibility, including cannot be understood as an excuse for polluting.
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