How cautious should we be? The role of the precautionary principle in the regulation of sewage sludge in Sweden

Drawing a line between what constitutes potentially hazardous waste and is instead possible resource complicated. A case in point the use of sewage sludge, whose not least agriculture, has long been subject debate. In Sweden, issue investigated for legislative changes four times past decades. The latest these investigations propose to introduce either total or partial ban on agricultural sludge. this paper, legality proposals analyzed with particular focus their compatibility precautionary principle EU free movement goods services, using traditional legal method. analysis indicates that may well be considered proportionate risks entails human health environment, whilst would likely found breach law, despite scope Member States take stricter measures than prescribed by secondary legislation.