o:8292 Penal provisions of the Water Law -- Preventive role in water protection Kaznene odredbe Zakona o vodama preventivna uloga u zaštiti voda en ABSTRACT: Environmental protection has been a topical issue for decades. The need for environmental protection and water protection is not only a cultural and civilizational aspect of life, but to a greater extent it can also represent an existential issue. In this research, the issue of penal provisions provided for in the Water Law will be considered. The consideration of the aforementioned is based on the presentation of legislative water protection in a preventive and repressive sense. Therefore, this represents the hypothesis of this research. The goal of the paper is to point out this type of water protection, but also to raise awareness about it. In the paper, special attention will be paid to legal and sub-legal documents that exist in the positive law of the Republic of Serbia, and which at the same time represent a wide range of legislative water protection. Then, in a separate part of this research, the protection of the environment will be pointed out, and will be considered in a concise manner, viewed through the issue of water protection, primarily from the domestic legal aspect, as well as from the aspect of international law, i.e. legislation of the European Union. In the last part of this research, the focus will be on the penal provisions provided for in the Water Law. The aforementioned Law foresees criminal acts, economic offenses and misdemeanors as penal provisions that will be presented in detail, not only with the aim of a closer look, but also in order to raise awareness about them and thus promote prevention in the context of water protection. SAŽETAK: Zaštita životne sredine decenijama unazad predstavlja aktuelno pitanje. Potreba za zaštitom životne sredine i zaštitom voda ne predstavlja samo kulturološki i civilizacijski aspekt življenja, već u većoj meri može da predstavlja i egzistencijalno pitanje. U ovom istraživanju ukazaće se i razmotriti pitanje kaznenih odredbi koje su predviđene u Zakonu o vodama. Razmatranje pomenutog se zasniva na prikazu zakonodavne zaštite vode u preventivnom i represivnom smislu. Stoga ovo predstavlja hiopotezu ovog istraživanja. Cilj rada je da ukaže na ovaj vid zaštite vode, ali i da se podigne svest o istom. U radu će se posebna pažnja posvetiti zakonskim i podzakonskim dokumentima koji postoje u pozitivnom pravu Republike Srbije, a koji ujedno predstavljaju lepezu zakonodavne zaštite vode. Zatim, u zasebnom delu ovog istraživanja ukazaće se, i u konciznoj meri će se razmotriti, zaštita životne sredne posmatrano kroz pitanje zaštite voda, kako prvenstveno sa domaćEG pravnog aspekta, tako i sa aspekta međunarodnog prava, tj. legislative Evropske unije. U poslednjem delu ovog istraživanja, fokus će biti na kaznenim odredbama koje su predviđene u Zakonu o vodama. Pomenuti Zakon predviđa krivična dela, privredne prestupe i prekršaje kao kaznene odredbe koji će biti detaljno prikazani, ne isključivo sa ciljem bližeg sagledavanja već i kako bi se podigla svest o njima pa samim tim se promovisala i prevencija u kontekstu zaštite voda. Keywords: environment; water protection; environmental protection; international law; criminal offense; Water Law. Ključne reči: životna sredina; zašita voda; zaštita životne sredine; međunarodno pravo; krivično delo; Zakon o vodama. 1552099 10.5937/etp243-2160B 1552101 2217-5458 2025-10-09T07:12:15.030Z 44 yes 46 Nenad Bingulac University Business Аcademy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary in Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia; Univerzitet Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu, Pravni fakultet za privredu i pravosuđe u Novom Sadu, Novi Sad, Srbija 22682215 0000-0003-1187-7054 Vidoje Mitić University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Fimek Novi Sad, Judge of the Higher court in Novi Sad; Univerzitet Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu, FIMEK, Novi Sad; sudija Višeg suda u Novom Sadu person 105639945 application/pdf 1197316 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:8292 no yes 16 70 92000002 211A01 Ekonomija - teorija i praksa 17 spec. br. 160 179 2024