(1) Every activity must be planned and implemented in a way which will cause the least possible change in the environment; present the least environmental risk; minimize the consumption of space, raw materials, and energy during construction, production, distribution, and utilization to the greatest extent possible; include consideration of the principles of recycling and regeneration; and forestall or limit environmental impact from the start.
(1) Pravila ravnanja, mejne vrednosti in druge norme morajo biti zasnovane, vsak poseg v okolje pa projektiran in izveden tako, da povzroči čim manjšo spremembo okolja in čim manjše tveganje za okolje ter tako da se v največji možni meri zmanjša poraba prostora, snovi in energije v gradnji, proizvodnji, prometu in porabi, vključno z upoštevanjem načela nadomestitve, reciklaže in regeneracije, ter prepreči in omeji obremenitev okolja že pri izvoru nastanka.