Decree No. 52/2002 – 1.7 of the Minister of Environment setting up Slovak Environmental Agency and establishing its competence.

The Slovak Environmental Agency is a scientific allowance organisation subordinated to the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic. The purpose of its establishment shall be the execution of expert tasks to ensure the environmental protection and environmental policy development. The main activities of the Slovak Environmental Agency include: theoretical, strategical, methodical, coordination, documentation, information, educational, promotion and other activities aimed mainly at land use planning, landscape-ecological issues, waste management, environmental informatics and monitoring, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), pollution control, evaluation of the state of environment, environmental classification, cultural landscape and natural heritage protection, coordination of the international cooperation, environmental projects programming, and environmental management and audit. Slovak Environmental Agency consists of the following centres: (a) Centre of Waste Management and Environmental Management in Bratislava; (b) Centre of Landscape Creation in Banská Bystrica; (c) Centre of Environmental Classification in Košice; (d) Centre of Environmental Policy and Informatics in Banská Bystrica; (e) Centre of Environmental Projects Programming in Banská Štiavnica; (f) Centre of Environmental Education and Promotion in Banská Bystrica; (g) Centres of Landscape-Ecological Planning in Prešov; (h) Centre of Integrated Landscape Protection in Bratislava; (i) Centre of Environmental Components in Žilina; (j) Centre for Polluted Areas Revitalisation in Prievidza; (k) Headquarters in Banská Bystrica.