Law No.20 on ecological expertise. Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Legislation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Environmental audit EIA Enforcement/compliance Environmental fees/charges Environmental standards Institution Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The present Law regulates general order of the organization and carrying out ecological expertise, establishes the rights and the obligations of the parties engaged in carrying out ecological expertise, establishes the rights of the citizens to access to information on ecological danger of the objects in course of projecting, under construction and put into operation, the modalities of appeal against the resolution and dispute settlement, and establishes liability for the infringement of the legislation in the field of ecological expertise. The document consists of VIII Chapters that contain 34 Articles. Chapter I (arts. 1-9) lays down general provisions. Chapter II (Arts.10-14) determines competence of state institutions, local executive authority, social associations and citizens in the field of ecological expertise. Chapter III (Arts.15-20) regards state ecological expertise. Chapter IV (Arts.21-25) regards public ecological expertise. Chapter V (Arts.26-27) regards assessment of environmental impact of new objects and projected activities. Chapter VI (art. 28) establishes rights and duties of customers, projectors and third persons. Chapter VII (Arts.30-31) regards financing of ecological expertise. Chapter VIII (Arts.32-34) lays down final provisions. Full text Russian/English References - Legislation Repealed by Law No. 818 “On environmental audit”. Legislation | Tajikistan | 2012 Keyword: Environmental audit, EIA, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX