Law on ecological expertise. (2000). Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2017) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Environmental audit Environmental standards EIA Public health Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes Entry into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract Environmental impact assessment shall be intended establishment of compliance of the planned or ongoing economic and other activities with environmental requirements and the determination of the admissibility of the object of environmental impact assessment. This Law consists of 26 articles. Ecological expertise means compliance of the projected or in the process of realization economic and other activity with ecological requirements (environmental standards) and valuation of admissibility of realization of the subject of ecological expertise. Ecological expertise must be carried out for the purpose of determination of: (a) compliance of projected economic and other activities at the stage preceding its realization with ecological requirements/environmental standards; (b) level of ecological danger or negative environmental impact of the projected economic and other activities; and (c) sufficiency and substantiation of the projected arrangement regarding environmental protection and rational use of natural resources. Basic principles of environmental impact assessment shall be stated as follows: (a) legality; (b) objectivity; (c) substantiation; (d) mandatory consideration of ecological security requirements; (e) presumption of potential environmental hazard of any planned economic and other activities; and (f) complexity of assessment of the impact of economic and other activities on the environment and the health of citizens. Ecological expertise must be carried out in the form of state and public ecological expertise, and ecological audit. Ecological audit is an independent ecological expertise of functioning enterprises and other objects that make negative impact on the state of environment that is carried out by ecological auditors (companies) in accordance with the modalities and terms and conditions established by the legislation currently in force. Ecological audit must be carried out by decision of the owner of the object of economic activity and other activities. Full text Russian Website www.nature.uz