Environmental Supervision Act (2001) Country/Territory Estonia Document type Legislation Date 2001 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source RT I 2001, 56, 337 Subject Environment gen. Keyword Inspection Enforcement/compliance Governance Institution Procedural matters Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract This Act defines the essence of environmental supervision and establishes the functions of authorities exercising environmental supervision. ‘Environmental supervision’ means the activities of the Environmental Inspectorate and a body or agency of a local authority for the purpose of preventing, identifying and combating a threat and eliminating an offence in the field of environmental protection. The Act further provides for environmental supervision authorities and their functions and environmental inspectors. Full text English/Estonian Website www.riigiteataja.ee