Act No. 595/1990 of the Slovak National Council (SNR) on State Administration for Environment.

The State Administration in the matters of creation and conservation of environment of Slovak Republic is carried out by the Slovak Commission for the Environment by the environmental offices and municipalities. The environmental offices are: a) District Environmental Offices; b) Sub-District Environmental Offices. The care for environment according to the herein Act should be comprehended as: a) nature protection; b) protection of the quality and quantity of waters and their rational utilisation; c) air protection; d) environmental planning; e) waste management. The Slovak Commission for the Environment as a central body of state administration for the care for environment : a) elaborates the conception of the formation and protection of environment; b) controls the execution of state administration in the matters of care for environment; c) executes state administration in the range given in special regulations; d) controls the Slovak Environmental Inspection; e) secures a unified information system on environment including spatial monitoring in the territory of Slovak Republic; f) executes the main state supervision in environmental matters; g) for the fulfilment of its task it establishes special professional organizations; h) secures the improvement of professional qualification of the workers of Slovak Environmental Inspection as well as verification of their professional qualification.