ArmInfo.In Armenia, control over violations in the sphere of ecology and subsoil will be carried out by a single body - inspection of environmental control and subsoil. Corresponding amendments to the Law on Environmental Control and related laws were made at the RA National Assembly on March 21 in the second and final reading.
According to the Deputy Minister of Nature Protection of the Republic of Khachik Hakobyan, until recently, the Ministry of Nature Protection dealt with issues related to control over violations in the field of nature protection, and sphere of subsoil use - the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, As a result of the reforms, a single body has been formed - inspection of environmental control and subsoil. Inspection activity will be carried out under the government of the republic.
Another innovation concerns measures of responsibility and authority to develop legal acts in the field of nature protection and subsoil. The chief responsible person in resolving this issue will be the head of the inspection. It is the inspection that from now on will apply administrative measures of punishment against violators of environmental legislation. Arrangements are made for filing appeals against decisions of the inspector.