Legal acts
Legal basis for the General Director for Environmental Protection's activities is set out mainly by:
The Act of 3 October 2008 on sharing information about the environment and its protection, public participation in environmental protection and environmental impact assessment (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 247, as amended).
Remaining legal acts specifying the competences of the General Director for Environmental Protection:
- The Act of 27 April 2001. Environmental Law (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1219, as amended)
- The Act of 16 April 2004 on the Nature Conservation (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 55, as amended)
- The Act of 13 April 2007 on preventing the damages to nature and their compensation (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1287)
- the Act of July 15, 2011 on the National Community Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) (Journal od Laws of 2020, item. 634)
Implementing Acts:
Regulation of 3 October 2008 on the provision of information on the environment and its protection, public participation in environmental protection and on environmental impact assessment:
- concerning environmental impact assessment
- Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 10 September 2019 on projects likely to have significant effects on the environment (Journal of Laws, item 1839).
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated April 17, 2012 on the detailed information about the scope of the carried out project's environmental impact assessment and on strategic environmental impact assessments (Journal of Laws, item 529)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated December 23, 2010 on the functioning of the National Commission for Environmental Impact Assessments and Regional Commission for Environmental Impact Assessment (Journal of Laws, item 1745)
- concerning environmental information sharing
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 22 September 2010 on the formula, content and layout of the list of publicly available data on documents that contain information about the environment and its protection (Journal of Laws, item 1249)
- Regulation of the Minister of Environment of 12 November 2010 on the charges for the provision of information on the environment (Journal of Laws, item 1415 and Journal of Laws of 2016, item 2089)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated 23 November 2010 on the way and the frequency of updating information on the environment (Journal of Laws, item 1485)
Regulations to the Act of 16 April 2004 on the Nature Conservation:
- concerning protected areas
- Regulation of the Minister of Environment of 12 January 2011 on the special protection areas for birds (Journal of Laws, item 133, as amended)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 13 April 2010 on natural habitats and species of Community interest, as well as the criteria for selection of areas eligible for recognition or designation as a Natura 2000 areas (Journal of Laws of 2014, item 1713)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated February 17, 2010 on the preparation of a draft plan of protective tasks for the Natura 2000 area (Journal of Laws, item 186, as amended)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated 30 March 2010 on the preparation of a draft protection plan for the Natura 2000 area (Journal of Laws, item 401, as amended)
- Regulation of the Minister of Environment of 12 May 2005 on the preparation of a draft protection plan for the protection of national parks, a nature reserves and nature parks, making changes in this plan and conserving resources, and creations of nature (Journal of Laws, item 794)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated 30 March 2005 on the kinds, types and subtypes of nature reserves (Journal of Laws, item 533)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated 30 March 2010 on detailed ways and forms for the submission of information about wildlife compensation (Journal of Laws, item 402)
- concerning the protection of species
- Regulaiton of the Minister of the Environment of 16 December 2016, on the protection of animal species (Journal of Laws, item 2183) and (Journal of Laws 2020, item 26)
- Regulation of the Minister of the environment dated October 9, 2014, on the protection of the species of plants (Journal of Laws, item 1409)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated October 9, 2014, on the protection of species of fungi (Journal of Laws, item 1408)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 14 March 2006 on the ringing of birds (Journal of Laws, item 350)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment dated 9 September 2011 on the list of non-native species of plants and animals, which in the case of release into the environment can threaten native species or natural habitats (Journal of Laws, item 1260)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 3 August 2011 on the species of animals dangerous to life and health of people (Journal of Laws, item 1037)
- concerning the operation of zoos
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 20 December 2004 on the conditions of cultivation and maintenance of the various groups of species of animals in the zoo (Journal of Laws of 2005, item 32)
- concerning the woodlots protection:
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 3 July 2017 on the level of fee rates for removal of trees and shrubs (Journal of Laws, item 1330)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 4 December 2017 on the criteria for recognition of animate and inanimate nature objects as nature monuments (Journal of Laws, item 2300)
Other
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 10 December 2003. on safety and health at work in zoos (Journal of Laws of 2004, item 26)
Regulations to the Act of 13 April 2007 on the prevention of environmental damage and its repair:
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 1 September 2016 on the conduct of the assessment of contamination of the surface of the earth (Journal of Laws, item 1395)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 1 September 2016 on corrective actions (Journal of Laws, item 1396)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 1 September 2016 on the register of historic pollution surface of the earth (Journal of Laws, item 1397)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 1 September 2016 on the register of environmental damage (Journal of Laws, item 1398)
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 1 September 2016 on criteria for the assessment of damage to the environment (Journal of Laws, item 1383)
Regulations to the Act of 15 July 2011 on the national Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS):
- Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 1 February 2012 on the model of the application for registration of organizations in the EMAS register (Journal of Laws, item 166)
- Regulation of the Minister of Environment of 23 March 2012 on the factors differentiating the registration fee for the entry in the register of organizations registered in the national eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (Journal of Laws, item 341)
Statute of the General Directorate for Environmental Protection
Statutes of the Regional Directorates for Environmental Protection
Official Journal of the General Directorate for Environmental Protection