Order No. 19 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on environmental audit of economic entities. Country/Territory Kyrgyzstan Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Environmental audit Sustainable development Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Order establishes the modalities of carrying out environmental audit of economic entity, process, methods and manner of environmental audit that consists of the following stages: (a) substantiation and organization specifying the cause (grounds) for environmental audit; (b) history of the object of audit containing description of the object for the past 50 years and characterizing environmentally hazardous plots and areas; (c) description of the object and adjacent environment, specifying adjacent natural objects, including forests, parks, surface water sources and groundwater objects, and potential environmental risks; (d) ecological control containing action plan for emergency situations; (e) exploration methods used for environmental audit; and (f) characteristics of economic entity. Full text Russian Website www.minjust.gov.kg