Desafíos y estrategias de aplicabilidad del reglamento al código orgánico del ambiente en el ámbito de la calidad ambiental

Abstract

Environmental Organic Code is the framework law, regulates the environmental administration in Ecuador since 2018; the main objective is to guarantee the right of people to live in a healthy environmental, ecologically balanced, protecting the rights of the nature. For its applicability, the Regulation of Environmental Organic Code is promulgated, from June 12, 2019. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the Regulation of Environmental Organic Code, in the field of environmental quality dealt with in its Third Book, with a focus on the Unique Environmental Management System. Performed an exhaustive and comparative analysis of the interrelation between Code and Regulation and development achieve by the Regulation of Environmental Organic Code RCOA was carried out to facilitate the expedited application of the Code; complemented with the investigation of the perceptions of actors involved in the implementation, application and / or fulfillment of these two norms. The results of the analysis and the perceptions reveal that the Regulation of Environmental Organic Code didn´t fully empower the Code, one of the main reasons being the lack of technical standards that regulate the main established management instruments, which restricts the application of these legal bodies.