Regulation on the functioning, duties and the rights of Regional Environmental Agencies (REA).

Regional Environmental Agencies are specialized organs for environmental control in each of the prefectures of Albania. The duties of REAs include: (a) to assist in the control and implementation of environmental legislation; (b) to write every 3 months a report on the state of the environment in the respective prefecture; (c) to collect and register specified data; (d) to plan and carry out inspection; (e) to organize environmental impact assessment of projects which obtain a licence from the REA (Part I). Provisions of Part II outline the duties of the REA chiefs; provisions of Part III outline the duties of REA inspectors.