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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS BECOME A MATTER OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE BUT ALSO A NATIONAL PRIORITY, THE EFFORT TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROVING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS FOR ENSURING SOCIAL WELFARE AND ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX EFFECTS THAT PROPAGATE IN THE ECONOMY AND IN SOCIAL LIFE. STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY REQUIRES CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO BUILD A FISCAL AND A FINANCIAL POLICY, AND TO BROADEN THE SPECTRUM OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DETERMINE THE MIX OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED AND THE AVAILABLE SOURCES. DEVELOPING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY INVOLVES NOT ONLY ACCESS TO FUNDS, BUT ALSO AN EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT IN THE FIELD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Achieving effective environmental policy objectives presupposes and requires substantiation and application of tools to stimulate the interest of economic agents to prevent or to limit negative environmental externalities, together with the existence of an appropriate legislative framework. These tools can influence the behavior of the authorities, businesses and house holds as subjects of environmental policy instruments. These tools are created also to streng then positive ties between development and environment and to split negative connections between economic growth and environmental damage. This does not means tifling economic growth or economic disruption of system functionality, but signifies a shift toward quantitative and qualitative theories. An modern and efficiente nvironmental policy (by global regulations, specific incentives and economic and financial to ensure achievement of environmental objectives) requires that environmental strategies and system of economic instruments for environment are formulated and established in accordance with policies aimed to boost competitiveness and promote economic growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]