Ministerial Decree No. 491 validating the Regulation on state environmental audit. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Environmental audit Certification Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that the state environmental audit is a kind of environmental expertise carried out by specialized agencies of the State Committee on Environmental Protection with the purpose of: (a) compliance of the projected economic activity with ecological requirements; (b) level of environmental risks and possible negative environmental impact; (c) adequacy and sufficiency of the envisaged arrangements for environmental protection and rational use of natural resources. Full text Russian Website pravo.uz