Abstract: The author studies the sources of European law in their relation with the environmental law. The author provides detailed analysis of various acts of the EU bodies: primary law (founding treaties), unwritten primary law; directives and recommendations, environmental and political action plans. The acts are analyzed based on their nature, sphere of application and subjects. The author provides specific examples of various acts of European environmental law. In particular, the author considers that environmental political action plans are sources of European environmental law is spite of their non-normative nature. It is due to the fact that environmental political action plans provide for goals and priorities of environmental policy, include general descriptions of measures for a certain time span, they establish global connections and development tendencies, provide orientations, serve as prerequisites and preparation measures for the legislative measures at the Community level and specify them. Finally, the author makes a conclusion that forms of normative legal acts may be regarded as sufficient and efficient elements of law-making. However, their application in environmental law (and other branches of law) is mediated via many factors, and first of all via the environmental policy of the EU.

Abstract: Intensive development of the environmental law starting from last 70's shows how important the environmental protection issues have grown. Back in XX century scientists, researchers and the society were mostl concerned about the protection of water and forest resources, animals and air pollution but today the threat spectrum has been changed. It does mean the aforesaid problems have been solved though. Unfortunately, there is still a long way to go, but at least solutions have been developed and associated measures have been discussed including legal measures too. Today's priorities include the climate protection, waste and hazardous substances treatment, fight against environmental crime, first of all, organized crime and corruption as well as development of the environmental policy that would comply with the conditions of the gobalising world. 
Twenty years ago very little was spoken of the environmental policy and its trends in our country. The decisive point was when the Environmental Conference  was held in Rio de Janeiro. However, noot all elements of the environmental policy have been modernized, developed or implemented. There are still gaps in the environmental law, too. This can be clearly seen when we analyze the environmental policy and laws in the sphere of waste treatment. 
Therefore, it would make sense to view the contents and meaning of waste treatment, to evaluate how well its elements are developed and how topical its issue are and how efficient methods and measures are compared to the experience of foreign states. 
The author of the article also analyzes the structure and definition of environmental policy from the point of comparative law in the European Union, EU member states and the Russian Federation. The author in detail describes the economic, envirommental and socio-psychological factors influencing the development and implementation of environmental policy. 

Abstract: Packing industry in Russia has been practically formed as a branch but its legal status is still needed to be fixed legally. It would guarantee a necessary state support, provide a methodological support which is missing now and overcome the notable disbalance between possibilities of the packing industry and its scientific basis, equipment and raw material provision. In this regard, the author f the article analyzes the worldwide trends in the sphere of treatment of packaging waste from the point of view of environment, economics and law as well as the laws and standards regulating the treatment of packaging waste in Russia including the Moscow Region. Based on teh analysis of foreign and Russian experience, the author proves that it is certainly necessary to make an individual law regulating the treatment of packaging waste. 
Implementation of the above mentioned legal system in Russia would allow to solve nettlesome issues of the packaging industry which has started to form as a branch of industry back in mid 90's of XX century. 
Taking into account that this is quite a new approach for Russia, the author suggests to develop the draft law for Moscow on Packaging and Packaging Materials. It would allow to evaluate mechanisms of the federal draft law at the level of the Russian Federation constituents and local goverment and develop necessary additional acts as well as to get enough experience to further introduce this law in another regions of Russia.