THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF WATER AS IRREPLACEABLE COMPONENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ALL LIVING ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC.

Water represents the natural wealth of the state. It is the important raw material with strategic meaning, irreplaceable component of environment and all living ecosystems, but also the raw material entering to all technological processes and it is the limiting factor of sustainable development of regions and all society. Regarding its sensitive predisposition to vulnerability, as well as from the reason of incoming climatic change and its anticipated negative impact on environment including water, it is necessary for the state to protect, maintain and preserve its water resources as the precious and irreplaceable raw material. These facts are clear in mission statement of the government of the Slovak Republic for the years 2012 to 2016, within which the government of the Slovak Republic declared, that will dedicate particular attention to the protection and improvement of the situation of waters, optimization of its usage and protection against harmful effects of waters, including flood management measures. The particular attention is paid to the protection and rational usage of mineral, medicinal and geothermal groundwater as well as to ensure sufficient supply and quality of waters for public and environmental services and entrepreneurial activities. The main aim of this paper is to analyze the possible impacts of the constitutional protection of water mainly with the connection to the prohibition of its export behind the borders of the Slovak Republic by means of different types of transport or by pipeline also in the context of international relations. The topic of this paper directs mainly to the area of constitutional law, however it has strong interdisciplinary character, as it intervenes into other areas of law, particularly into administrative and european law and therefore seeks multidisciplinary or international law exploration of the matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]