环境标准是法律授权相关部门制定的用于控制污染、保护环境的各种技术规范的总称。环境标准虽然不是法的渊源,但其一旦被法律法规所援引,或者被环境行政机关所采纳,就具有了法律上的约束力。环境标准的制定与环境标准的适用的有机结合,形成完整的环境标准制度。这一特征决定了环境标准制度构成的二元结构。把握环境标准制度构成的二元结构,需要全面剖析制定环境标准和适用环境标准过程中存在的各种法律关系,以及不同类型的环境标准之间制度构成的差异。
Environmental standard is a generic term for a variety of specifications formulated by relevant departments which are authorized by the law to control pollution and protect the environment. Environmental standard is not a form of law, but once quoted by laws and regulations or adopted by administrative organs, it has the legal force. The combination of the formulation and application of environmental standards helps to form a complete system of environmental standards. It is this feature that determines the binary structure of the environmental standard system. To understand this structure needs a thorough analysis of different kinds of legal relationship in the process of formulating and practicing the environmental standards and a clear understanding of the differences of different types of environmental standards in the composition of system.