Article | REF: G5006 V2

Legal requirements compliance in ISO 14001

Author: Ismahane EL BAHLOUL

Publication date: October 10, 2020, Review date: September 4, 2020

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2. A little vocabulary

2.1 Legal, legislative and regulatory

The terms "legal" and "legislative" are not synonyms. The term "legal" refers to that which has its source in a legal text. Legislative" refers to that which emanates from a legislative body. One refers to the nature of the text, the other to the body from which the text emanates.

The term "legal" therefore refers to a text issued by a law. A legal text emanates from a legislative authority (Parliament or Senate).

A "law" is an abstract normative provision laying down a binding legal rule. A distinction is made between constitutional laws, which define fundamental rights and lay down the organization of public powers and the relations between them, organic laws,...

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