Regulating Decree No.1 of the Supreme Court regarding application by courts of the legislation on liability for some ecological offences.

Plenary session of the Supreme Court, for the purpose of correct and uniform application of the legislation on ecological offences by courts, decrees as follows: 1). the courts in the process of examination of cases of ecological offences shall ascertain which ecological requirements and instructions should have been observed in the process of carrying out economic activity, processing, handling and use of hazardous substances and other actions (water management, hunting, felling, etc.); 2). Subjects of ecological offences can be any physical persons including public officials; 3. experts shall be appointed for carrying out ecological expertise; 4. in the process of valuation of damage caused by illegal felling all circumstances must be taken into consideration in order to be able to make conclusions as regards the amount of damage; 5. the fact of presence of a physical person on hunting ground with hunting gear during prohibited season even if no game has been procured must be considered illegal hunting.