Environmental Testing and Inspection Act. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Pollution control Inspection Public health Environmental standards Environmental planning Education Access-to-information Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purposes of this Act are to promote efficiency in environmental management, promote technical development related to testing and inspection, and further contribute to improvement in national health and environmental conservation by rationalizing technical standards, operating systems related to environmental testing and inspection, and environmental management. In particular, the Minister of Environment shall formulate a master plan for the development of environmental testing and inspection every five year after deliberation by the Central Environmental Policy Committee under Article 58 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy in order to advance standards and operating systems for environmental testing, inspection. The text consists of 35 articles. Full text English Website www.klri.re.kr