أن المشغل الذي يتسبب في الضرر البيئي أو الخطر الحال بحدوث ذلك الضرر سيكون مسؤولا ماليا وذلك لحث المشغلين على اتخاذ تدابير وتحديد ممارسات تقلل من مخاطر الضرر البيئي إلى أدنى حد بحيث تخفض إمكانية تعرضهم للمسؤولية المالية``(). وبالإضافة إلى ذلك، يبدو أن لمسائل مواءمة قوانين التعويض أهمية.
In the context of the development of a policy concerning environmental liability at the level of the European Commission, it is noted that “prevention and remedying of environmental damage should be implemented through the furtherance of the principle according to which the polluter should pay … One of the fundamental principles … should therefore be that an operator whose activity has caused the environmental damage or the imminent threat of such damage will be held financially liable in order to induce operators to adopt measures and develop practices to minimize the risks of environmental damage so that their exposure to financial liabilities is reduced.” In addition, issues of harmonization of the law of compensation would appear to be of interest.