Instruction on the state environmental audit.

The scope of this Instruction shall be to set forth common requirements and modalities for carrying out the state environmental audit. It shall be used as guidelines by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The purpose of the state environmental audit shall be to establish officially the compliance between the projected activities, those in the process of realization with the environmental requirements. The environmental audit shall be compulsory and it must precede decision-making. The following shall be subject to the state environmental audit: (a) all the planning, pre-planning and pre-project documentation; (b) environmental, water and land protection arrangements; (c) land use planning projects; (d) mineral resources exploration projects; (e) drafts of international agreements and contracts related to nature management; and (f) certificates and licences for the activities that could have environmental impact.