Governmental Decree No. 60 validating the Regulation on performance of environmental impact assessment.

This Governmental Decree sets forth the modalities of environmental impact assessment (EIA) of projected economic activities. Basic principles of EIA shall be set forth as follows: (a) assumptio of potential ecological danger of any projected economic activity; (b) mandatory consideration of ecological security requirements in the process of peformance of any projected economic activity; (c) preventive actions; (d) objectivity; (e) alternativeness; (f) complex consideration of environmental, social and technogenic factors; (g) transparency; (h) public participation; (i) scientific substantiation; and (j) access to reliable and complete information.