This study aims to carry out a comparative analysis of licensing and environmental certification to extract a technical and juridical basis to verify the interface between them. A theoretical-methodological approach of the applied and juridical social research was utilized from a juridical-dogmatic viewpoint, as well as a research of the technical and social foundations to evaluate the processes of environmental certification. This research aimed to prove the existence of a clear interface between licensing and environmental certification although the replacement of the state action or even the modification of the basic structures of certification cannot be admitted. Further discussion between the public government and private organizations is recommended to pursue an economic development concretely aiming at sustainability.
Enviroment; enviromental administration; ISO; environmental norms
