Environmental Assessment Code of Georgia (No. 890-IIS of 2017).

The Environmental Assessment Code establishes legal rules governing strategic documents and activities subject to environmental impact procedures, including environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental procedures and procedures related to transboundary impact, as well as public participation and expert examination in decision-making processes.
The Code sets out screening and scoping procedures, requirements for the preparation and submission of documentation, and consultations with competent authorities. It provides for the issuance of environmental decisions and requires that activities falling within its scope may be carried out only after such decisions are issued.
The Code contains provisions on strategic documents, including the determination of applicable procedures, preparation and submission of documentation, and consultations with competent authorities. It includes procedures applicable in cases involving transboundary environmental impact and provides for the submission and consideration of comments within the decision-making process.
The Code defines the powers and functions of the Government, the Ministry and the competent agency in relation to screening decisions, scoping conclusions, review of documentation and issuance of decisions, including refusal of activities. It includes provisions on environmental audit, expert commissions, continuation of ongoing activities and modification of operational conditions established by environmental decisions.