Abstract
The current practice demonstrates the inconsistency of the applicable environmental legislation – it is contradictory, cumbersome and non-transparent. One of the reasons for this problem is the approach taken by the legislative bodies to the rule-making process. This approach does not allow taking into account the interests of all parties of regulation and monitoring the integrity and consistency of the norms of legislation and individual regulatory legal acts. The article presents a conceptual approach to the norm-setting, which enforces the creation of structured and transparent legislation. Also there were presented to the results of this approach application in the field of environmental protection.