Decree No. 10-T of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating ecological rules and regulations.

This Decree validates the Regulation on economic assessment of introduction of environmental protection arrangements. It establishes that economic incentive for environmental protection shall be intended methods of economic stimulation of a business entity implementing an investment project, with the application of environmental measures with the best available technical methods and environmental protection arrangements shall be intended measures aimed at significant improvement of environment or enabling environmental improvement. To substantiate the choice of the environmental measure implementation option economic evaluation must be carried out: (a) where possible, cost evaluation of implementation results of environmental protection arrangements, based on the results of economic assessment cost-benefit analysis; (b) where it is not possible to carry out a cost evaluation of the results of environmental protection arrangements or specific targets, evaluation shall be based on the criterion of cost minimization. Economic assessment of environmental protection arrangements can be performed for: (a) environmental protection measure that is part of an investment project; and (b) environmental protection measure, which is an independent investment project. Economic assessment of environmental protection measure shall be performed on the basis of interests of: (a) business entity implementing and investment project; and (b) society.