Ministerial Decree No. 491 validating the Regulation on state environmental audit.

This Ministerial Decree establishes that the state environmental audit is a kind of environmental expertise carried out by specialized agencies of the State Committee on Environmental Protection with the purpose of: (a) compliance of the projected economic activity with ecological requirements; (b) level of environmental risks and possible negative environmental impact; (c) adequacy and sufficiency of the envisaged arrangements for environmental protection and rational use of natural resources. Specialized agencies shall: (a) carry out the state environmental audit; (b) study and analyse documentation submitted for the state environmental audit; (c) inform the customer of the proceeding of the state environmental audit; and (d) issue certification.