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Importance of Voluntary Environmental Programmes in Ensuring Compliance of Legal Entities with the Requirements of Environmental Law Cover

Importance of Voluntary Environmental Programmes in Ensuring Compliance of Legal Entities with the Requirements of Environmental Law

By: Linas Meškys  
Open Access
|Nov 2008

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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 17
Published on: Nov 27, 2008
Published by: Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2008 Linas Meškys, published by Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
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