Order No 28 of 2013 of Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Georgia on Rules for Environmental Audit

The Order regulates ecological audits in Georgia. It consists of 16 articles: Scope of regulation (1); Purposes of the Order (2); Main principles of ecological audit (3); Definition of terms (4); Rights during ecological audit (5); Obligations during ecological audit (6); Sequence and rules for conducting ecological audit (7); Timeline for ecological audit (8); Creation and composition of expert commission (9); Functions of expert commission (10); Process of ecological audit (11); Final report of ecological audit (12); Form for the report of ecological audit (13); Formal approval of the report of ecological audit (14); Data protection (15); and Final provisions (16). The purpose of the document is to regulate environmental audits required for EIAs and in some cases for construction permits.