Government Decree on providing Guidance for the Implementation of the Law on Environmental Protection.

This text contains rules to implement the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act recently approved by the National Assembly. It spells out tasks of various authorities including the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, which is responsible for the integrated State management on environmental protection and for organization of direct activities of environmental protection, the People's Committees of provinces and cities under Central Government, and state offices and "mass associations of people". The Decree also provides for assessment of environmental impact. Article 10 defines the scope for assessing environmental impact. Article 13 prescribes the contents of a dossier for appraising a report of assessment on environmental impact. In case of necessity, an Appraising Council shall be set up at the central level by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and by the chairmen of the People's Committees of the provinces and cities under Central Government for Appraising Councils at the provincial level. Remaining articles regulate various matters including the import and export of discharged substances containing toxic elements or pathogenic microbes possibly causing environmental pollution are prohibited.