LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of May 25, 2000 No. 73-II

About environmental assessment

Article 1. Concept of environmental assessment

Environmental assessment is understood as establishment of compliance to the planned or performed economic and other activity to ecological requirements and determination of admissibility of realization of object of environmental assessment.

Article 2. Legislation on environmental assessment

The legislation on environmental assessment consists of this Law and other acts of the legislation.

If the international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes other rules, than those which are stipulated by the legislation the Republic of Uzbekistan about environmental assessment then are applied rules of the international treaty.

Article 3. Purposes of environmental assessment

Environmental assessment is carried out for the purpose of determination:

compliance to ecological requirements of the predicted economic and other activity at the stages preceding decision making about its realization;

level of ecological danger of the planned or performed economic and other activity which can make or makes negative impact on condition of the surrounding environment and health of citizens;

sufficiency and justification of the provided measures for protection of the surrounding environment and rational use of natural resources.

Article 4. Types of environmental assessment

Environmental assessment is performed in the form of the state and public environmental assessment, and also environmental audit.

Article 5. Basic principles of environmental assessment

The basic principles of environmental assessment are:

legality;

objectivity;

justification;

obligation of accounting of requirements of ecological safety;

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