Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

pollueur-payeur

English translation:

polluter pays

Added to glossary by DLyons
Oct 30, 2011 16:31
12 yrs ago
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French term

pollueur-payeur

Non-PRO French to English Other Environment & Ecology
"[...] reconnaître expressément la pertinence des principes de prévention, précaution, pollueur-payeur [...]"
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Oct 31, 2011 14:30: Yana Dovgopol changed "Removed vote" from "Rob Grayson vote pro" to "removed"

Nov 4, 2011 13:24: DLyons Created KOG entry

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Proposed translations

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2 mins
Selected

(the principle that) the polluter pays

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Peer comment(s):

agree polyglot45 : the polluter-pays principle
1 min
Thnaks polyglot45.
agree Tony M
40 mins
Thanks Tony M.
agree Laura Elvin
43 mins
Thanks Laura.
agree Jocelyne S
1 hr
Thanks Jocelyne.
agree Evans (X)
1 hr
Thanks Gilla.
agree Mark Bossanyi
2 hrs
Thanks Mark.
agree ACOZ (X)
8 hrs
Thanks ACOZ.
agree casper (X)
12 hrs
Thanks :-). :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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8 mins

...the relevancy of the "pay as you pollute" principle...

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Peer comment(s):

neutral polyglot45 : this is a well-known concept, always translated as "polluter pays"; in fact the French is the official translation of the English
13 mins
disagree B D Finch : "Pay as you pollute" is wrong. It would mean that payment and pollution were simultaneous!
1 hr
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