- Volume 17 (2019), Issue 3
- Vol. 17 (2019), No. 3
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- Pages 312 - 321
- pp. 312 - 321
Kommunale Satzungskompetenzen zum Schutz von Umwelt und Gesundheit
Zugleich ein Beitrag zur (Neu-)Bewertung der Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zur Kasseler Verpackungssteuer
The municipalities often have to contend with environmental problems they have not created themselves. This applies in particular to individual traffic and waste disposal. The article raises the question of the extent to which local authorities have regulatory powers to counter this. A decision by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1998 on municipal packaging taxes set requirements in this respect, which, at the time, quite narrowly limited municipal regulations. In the meantime, however, the framework conditions have changed, which also has effects on the municipal scope of action. In particular, the requirements of European Union law could set a new process in motion here.