Environmental Monitoring Act. Country/Territory Estonia Document type Legislation Date 1999 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Data collection/reporting Pollution control Monitoring Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Entry into force notes The Act entered into force on 15 February 1999. Abstract The Act consists of 14 Paragraphs. This Act provides for the organization of environmental monitoring, the procedure for processing and storing data obtained, and the relations between persons carrying out environmental monitoring and owners or possessors of immovables. Environmental monitoring is the continuous observation of the state on environment and the factors affecting it, the main purpose of which is to predict the state of the environment and to obtain data for programmes and plans for Full text English