无许可证排污按日计罚或将成为生态环境法律责任的重大创新和突破

Implementing Daily Penalties for Pollutant Discharge without Emission Permit May Become a Major Innovation and Breakthrough in the Legal Responsibility of Ecological Environment

《排污许可管理条例》(草案征求意见稿)本着实事求是的原则,创新规定了"按日计罚"的处罚方式,这是对现行生态环境法律规定的重大突破。本文分析"按日连续处罚"与"按日计罚"的区别,探究《条例》规定"按日计罚"的有关考虑。研究发现"按日计罚"对排污单位守法有更好的指引和震慑作用,使罚款金额与违法事实更加相关,同样能起到"按日连续处罚"的督促作用。

Regulations on pollutant discharge permit management(Draft Request for Opinions)in line with principle of seeking truth from facts,innovatively stipulates the punishment method of“daily penalty”,which is a major breakthrough to existing ecological environment laws.This paper analyses the difference between“continuous daily penalty”and“daily penalty”,explores the relevant considerations of“daily penalty”stipulated in the Regulations.The study finds that“daily penalty”has better guidance and deterrence effect on pollutant discharge units to abide by the law,making the amount of penalty more relevant to the illegal facts,and also playing the role of“continuous daily penalty”.