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Law on Environmental Monitoring (No. VIII-529).

Country/Territory
Lithuania
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Institution Environmental planning Pollution control Access-to-information EIA Monitoring Policy/planning
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

The Law on Environmental Monitoring shall establish the organizational structure and procedure of implementation of monitoring, and liability with regard to environmental monitoring. Environmental monitoring means the systematic observation of the state of the environment and its components including evaluation and impact (art. 2). The Ministry of Environmental Protection together with other state institutions, shall prepare the State programme of environmental monitoring. This programme shall be approved by the Government (art. 8). State environmental monitoring shall be funded from the State Budget and money from the fund for nature protection (art. 13). The quality of environmental monitoring data shall be ensured by creating and implementing a quality control system of state data (art. 15).

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Order No. D1-436 of the Minister of Environment validating General Regulation on municipal environmental monitoring.

Legislation | Lithuania | 2004 (2018)

Keyword: Policy/planning, EIA, Soil pollution/quality, Monitoring, Local government, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX