Law No. 28-OZ of 1997 on public ecological expertise.

Public ecological expertise is the establishment of compliance of the projected economic activity or other types of activity with ecological requirements and determination of admissibility of the realization of the object of ecological expertise for the purpose of prevention of possible hazardous impact of the aforesaid activity on environment and social, economic and other consequences of the realization of the object of public ecological expertise connected with them. The Law consists of 6 Sections divded into 15 articles. Section I lays down the general provisions (arts. 1-3). Article 1 gives the definition of public ecological expertise. Article 2 specifies the legal foundations of the regional legislation on public ecological expertise. Article 3 establishes the principles of public ecological expertise. Section II establishes the rights of citizens and social organizations (associations) in the field of public ecological expertise and determines the objects of public ecological expertise (arts. 4 and 5). Article 4 establishes the rights of citizens and social organizations (associations) in the field of public ecological expertise. Article 5 determines the objects of public ecological expertise. Section III determines the modalities of organization and carrying out public ecological expertise (arts. 6-8). Article 6 regards public ecological expertise. Article 7 establishes the modalities of carrying out public ecological expertise. Article 8 determines the modalities of carrying out public ecological expertise. Section IV deals with resolution of public ecological expertise, determines the rights and the duties of the customers, establishes liability for the infringement of the legislation on public ecological expertise (arts. 9-11). Article 9 regards resolution of public ecological expertise. Article 10 determines the rights and the duties of the customers of the documentation subject to public ecological expertise. Article 11 establishes liability for the infringement of the legislation on public ecological expertise. Section V regards financing (art. 12). Article 12 regards financing of public ecological expertise. Section VI lays down final provisions (arts. 13-15). Article 13 regards dispute settlement. Article 14 regards entry into force of the present Law. Article 15 regards conformation of the legislation to the present Law.