Ministerial Decree No. 464 validating the Regulation on environmental impact assessment. Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword EIA Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes common approach to organization and performance of possible environmental impact assessment (EIA). The purpose of EIA shall be prevention or mitigation of negative environmental impact of the projected activities. Basic principles of EIA shall be: (a) assumption of potential ecological hazard to environment of the projected activity; (b) obligatoriness of fulfillment of the national EIA procedure; (c) preventiveness; (d) objectivity; (e) alternativeness (inclu Full text Russian Website carecnet.org