Article 21 Costs recovery
United Kingdom
In accordance with the polluter pays principle F1the appropriate authority shall aim to recover the costs of the measures needed to prevent, minimise or mitigate the adverse impact of invasive alien species, including environmental and resources costs as well as the restoration cost.
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Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 9(2) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art. 21: By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 7(2) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the words “the Scottish Ministers” are substituted for the words from “and without” to “Member States”