This Ecological Code shall regulate relations in the sphere of protection, reproduction and conservation of environment, management and reproduction of natural resources in the process of economic and other activities related to the management of natural resources and environmental impact on the national territory. The basic principles of the environmental legislation shall be: (a) sustainable development; (b) ecological safety; (c) ecosystem approach; (d) state regulation in the sphere of environmental protection and state management of natural resources; (e) prevention of environmental pollution; (f) liability; (g) compensation of environmental damages; (h) environmental fees application and issuance of environmental permits; (i) interaction, coordination and transparency in the functioning of the authorized state environmental institutions; (j) incentives for the prevention of environmental pollution and waste; (k) availability of environmental information; and (l) assumption of environmental risks of the projected activity for environment and population. The Act consists of nine Sections divided into 326 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) licensing; (3) economic regulation of environmental protection and nature management; (4) ecological inspection; (5) ecological monitoring and registration; (6) environmental disasters; (7) ecological education and research; (8) ecological requirements for the projected economic activity; and (9) liability and dispute settlement. The state regulation in the sphere of environmental protection shall include: (a) licensing; (b) rate setting; (c) technical regulation; (d) state environmental audit; (e) issuance of environmental permits; (f) state ecological inspection; (g) economic regulation; (h) state environmental monitoring; (i) state registration of nature managers, sources and areas of pollution; and (k) ecological education.
Ecological Code (Law No. 212-Z).