| French | English |
| application du droit de l'environnement | environmental law enforcement |
| application et respect du droit de l'environnement | Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law |
| banque de droits d'émission | emission bank |
| banque de droits d'émission d'intérêt local | community bank |
| branches du droit | law branch A subdivision of the body of principles and regulations established by a government or other authority, generally defined by its scope or application |
| branches du droit | law branch |
| Charte des droits et obligations en matière d'environnement | Charter on Environmental Rights and Obligations |
| Convention sur la protection de l'environnement par le droit pénal | Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law |
| Division Droit | Legal Division |
| droit acquis | grandfathering |
| droit administratif | administrative law Body of law created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, regulations, orders and decisions to carry out regulatory powers and duties of such agencies |
| droit civil | civil law Law inspired by old Roman Law, the primary feature of which was that laws were written into a collection; codified, and not determined, as is common law, by judges. The principle of civil law is to provide all citizens with an accessible and written collection of the laws which apply to them and which judges must follow |
| droit commercial | commercial law The whole body of substantive jurisprudence applicable to the rights, intercourse and relations of persons engaged in commerce, trade or mercantile pursuits |
| droit communautaire | Community law The law of European Community (as opposed to the national laws of the member states) It consists of the treaties establishing the EC (together with subsequent amending treaties) community legislation, and decisions of the court of justice of the European Communities. Any provision of the treaties or of community legislation that is directly applicable or directly effective in a member state forms part of the law of that state and prevails over its national law in the event of any inconsistency between the two |
| droit comparé | comparative law The study of the principles of legal science by the comparison of various systems of law |
| droit constitutionnel | constitutional law That branch of the public law of a nation or state which treats of the organization, powers and frame of government, the distribution of political and governmental authorities and functions, the fundamental principles which are to regulate the relations of government and citizen and which prescribes generally the plan and method according to which the public affairs of the nation or state are to be administered |
| droit d'accès | right of access |
| droit d'accès aux documents administratifs | right of access to administrative documents |
| droit de compensation | right to compensation A legally enforceable claim for payment or reimbursement to pay for damages, loss or injury, or for remuneration to pay for services rendered, whether in fees, commissions or salary |
| droit de compensation | right to compensation |
| droit de construire | development rights |
| droit de construire | building right |
| droit de la concurrence | competition law That part of the law dealing with matters such as those arising from monopolies and mergers, restrictive trading agreements, resale price maintenance and agreements involving distortion of competition affected by EU rules |
| droit de la famille | family law Branch of specialty of law, also denominated "domestic relations" law, concerned with such subjects as adoption, annulment, divorce, separation, paternity, custody, support and child care |
| droit de l'environnement | environmental law A wide spectrum of options from binding "hard" laws, such as international treaties and national legislation, to "soft" laws, covering guiding principles, recommended practices and procedures, and standards. Environmental law also attempts to reconcile international considerations with concerns that focus on very specific problems such as soil degradation, marine pollution or the depletion of non-renewable resources |
| droit de l'environnement | environment law |
| droit de l'informatique | data processing law |
| droit de l'urbanisme | urban development law |
| droit de l'urbanisme, de l'aménagement du territoire, et de la planification régionale | planning law |
| droit de plomb | lead right |
| droit de polluer | pollution permit |
| droit de polluer | pollution allowance |
| droit de propriété | right of property The legal guarantee or just claim inhering in a citizen's relation to some physical thing, but especially a plot of land, including the right to possess, use and dispose of it |
| droit de propriété en matière de pollution | property right in pollution |
| droit de propriété industrielle | industrial property right A justifiable claim granted by government or some other authority that offers protection or excludes others from making, using or selling an invention, a unique design of an article of manufacture or some other creation or discovery |
| droit de pétition | petition right A legal guarantee or just claim enabling a citizen or employee to compose and submit a formal written request to an authority asking for some benefit or favor or for intervention and redress of some wrong |
| droit de pétition | petition right |
| droit de renouvellement de l'enregistrement | fee for the renewal of the registration |
| droit de renouvellement d'enregistrement | fee for renewal of the registration |
| droit des transports | transport law Rules concerning the movement of goods or persons by sea, railway or road |
| droit du travail | labour law The branch of the legal system which lays down the rules governing employment relationships, trade union relations, and state intervention to provide protection against particular situations of need for citizens who are workers |
| droit d'utilisation du plomb | lead usage |
| droit d'utilisation limité | limited use right |
| droit d'émission | right to emit |
| droit d'émission dans l'atmosphère | air emission right |
| droit d'émission initial | initial right emit |
| droit d'émission national | internal emissions trading |
| droit environnemental | environment law |
| droit forestier | forestry law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to regulate any extensive area of woodland, for the protection and preservation of game, timber and other forest resources |
| droit forestier | forestry law |
| droit international | international law The system of law regulating the interrelationship of sovereign states and their rights and duties with regard to one another |
| droit international de l'aviation | aviation law |
| droit international public | public international law The general rules and principles pertaining to the conduct of nations and of international organizations and with the relations among them |
| droit international économique | international economic law The recognized rules guiding the commercial relations of at least two sovereign states or private parties involved in cross-border transactions, including regulations for trade, finance and intellectual property |
| droit légal | legally protected right A justifiable claim to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way, which is supported by law and is covered or shielded from the danger of being revoked or repealed |
| droit légal | legally protected right |
| droit maritime | maritime law That system of law which particularly relates to marine commerce and navigation, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to ships and shipping, to seamen, to the transportation of persons and property by sea, and to marine affairs generally |
| droit minier | mining law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to regulate the potentially harmful activity of enterprises concerned with the extraction and processing of precious or valuable metals |
| droit minier | mining law |
| droit privé | private law The branch of law dealing with such aspects of relationships between individuals that are of no direct concern to the state |
| droit privé international | private international law The part of the national law of a country that establishes rules for dealing with cases involving a foreign element |
| droit privé international | private international law |
| droit procédural | procedural law Law which prescribes method of enforcing rights or obtaining redress for their invasion. Laws which fix duties, establish rights and responsibilities among and for persons, natural or otherwise, are "substantive laws" in character, while those which merely prescribe the manner in which such rights and responsibilities may be exercised and enforced in a court are "procedural laws" |
| droit protégé juridiquement | legally protected right |
| droit public | public law A general classification of law, consisting generally of constitutional, administrative, criminal and international law, concerned with the organization of the state, the relations between the state and the people who compose it, the responsibilities of public officers to the state, to each other, and to private persons, and the relations of states to one other. The branch or department of law which is concerned with the state in its political or sovereign capacity, including constitutional and administrative law, and with the definition, regulation, and enforcement of rights in cases where the state is regarded as the subject of the right or object of the duty, - including criminal law and criminal procedure, - and the law of the state, considered in its quasi private personality, i.e., as capable of holding or exercising rights, or acquiring and dealing with property, in the character of an individual |
| droit pénal | criminal law That body of the law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government |
| droit pénal en matière d'environnement | environmental criminal law |
| droit pénitentiaire | law relating to prisons Binding rules and regulations pertaining to the construction, use and operation of jails, penitentiaries and other places of legal confinement and punishment |
| droit rural | rural law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government pertaining to matters of importance to residents of sparsely populated regions, especially agricultural and other economic issues |
| droit rural | rural law |
| droit (science | law science |
| droit à l'information | right to information The individual's right to know in general about the existence of data banks, the right to be informed on request and the general right to a print-out of the information registered and to know the actual use made of the information |
| droit à polluer négociable | transferable pollution right |
| droit à un environnement vivable | amenity right |
| droit à un surcroît d'émission | increased entitlement to emit |
| droits de l'homme | human rights The rights of individuals to liberty, justice, etc. |
| droits de l'individu | rights of the individual |
| droits de transit | Rights of Transit |
| droits des animaux | animal rights Just claims, legal guarantees or moral principles accorded to sentient, non-human species, including freedom from abuse, consumption, experimentation, use as clothing or performing for human entertainment |
| droits des animaux | animal rights |
| droits des générations futures | rights of future generations The moral, legal or ethical claims of posterity on present people, based on the recognition that the young and unborn are vulnerable to contemporary decision-making, especially decisions having long-term effect on the societies and environment they inherit |
| droits des générations futures | rights of future generations |
| droits du citoyen | citizen rights |
| droits du citoyen | citizen rights Rights recognized and protected by law, pertaining to the members of a state |
| droits d'émission négociables | tradable emission rights |
| droits économiques | economic rights The just claims and legal guarantees to access, participate in and profit from the production, distribution and use of property, intellectual property, income and wealth |
| déclaration de principe définitive en matière d'échange de droits | Final Emissions Trading Policy Statement |
| justificatif de paiement des droits exigibles | evidence of payment of applicable fees |
| Loi sur l'organisme de droit public du Rijnmond | Rijnmond Authority Act |
| marché des droits d'émission | market for emission rights |
| mise en oeuvre du droit communautaire de l'environnement | Implementation Community Environmental Law |
| octroi d'un droit de polluer | to give a "right to pollute" |
| Organisme de droit public du Rijnmond | Rijnmond Authority |
| politique transitoire d'échange de droits d'émission | Interim Emissions Trading Policy |
| régime d'échange de droits d'émission | emissions trading system |
| régime d'échange de droits d'émission | emissions trading scheme |
| système de plafonnement et d'échange des droits d'émission | cap and trade |
| système de plafonnement et d'échange des droits d'émission | cap-and-trade system |
| thésaurisation des droits non utilisés | banking of unused rights |
| titres de protection du droit de propriété industrielle | industrial property right protection rights |
| validité des droits d'émission | validity of emission rights |
| échange de droits d'émission | emissions trading |
| échange de droits d'émission | tradeable emissions |
| échange de droits entre acteurs privés | rights traded among private players |
| échange de droits mis en réserve | trading of banked rights |
| échange international de droits d'émission entre entreprises | international trading between firms |
