Lobistinė veikla komunalinių atliekų tvarkymo sektoriuje

Abstract

The author of the doctoral thesis „Lobbying activity in the municipal waste management sector” investigates manifestations of the interest groups lobbying activities in the legislative process of municipal waste management. Both EU and Lithuanian legislation establishes the principles of a transparent, accountable legislative process and obliges to disclosure the declarations of the lobbying activity. Nevertheless, the “invisible”, latent nature of the lobbying activities in the legislative process of the municipal waste management sector, has a negative impact on the public interest and presuppose the imperfect legislative situations - it can be identified as the main problem of this dissertation research. The dissertation reveals the legal characteristics of lobbying activities, divulges the condition and changes of legal regulation of municipal waste management at the national level. The research identifies and evaluates the problems of interest groups lobbying activities in municipal waste management legislation: competition of legal norms, legal loopholes or situations of imperfect legal regulation. According to the conclusions, relevant solutions are proposed.