环境民事公益诉讼诉前程序完善的法律思考

Legal Thoughts on Perfecting Pre-litigation Procedures of Environmental Civil Public Interest Litigation

在检察机关提起环境民事公益诉讼制度设计中,诉前程序被确定为必经程序和法定程序。当前司法实践背离了立法赋予诉前程序的目的以及应发挥的特有功能,诉前程序在规则设计与解释上存在适用方式可操作性不强、损害范围界定模糊等问题,需要细化诉前程序的操作规范以契合程序彰显的特有价值,要明确诉前程序损害范围的规定,将公告程序内容予以细致化,扩大诉前程序适用对象的范围,协调诉前程序与有关诉讼程序之间的关系。

In the system design of environmental civil public interest litigation initiated by procuratorial organs,the pre-litigation procedure is determined as the necessary procedure and legal procedure.At present,judicial practice deviates from the purpose and special function of pre-litigation procedure given by legislation.There are some problems in the design and interpretation of pre-litigation procedure,such as weak operability of applicable methods and vague definition of damage scope.It is necessary to refine the operational norms of the pre-litigation procedure in order to fit the unique value of the procedure,clarify the provisions of the scope of damages of the pre-litigation procedure,refine the contents of the announcement procedure,expand the scope of the applicable objects of the pre-litigation procedure,and coordinate the relationship between the pre-litigation procedure and relevant litigation procedures.