Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a Law “On environmental audit”.

According to the Law, an environmental audit is carried out based on an agreement settled between an environmental audit organization and an environmental audit customer, which defines the time frame and other conditions for conducting an environmental audit.

Environmental audits can be voluntary or mandatory.

Environmental audit in respect of subjects of an environmental audit with feeble or insignificant (local impact) risk of environmental impact is carried out voluntarily.

Subjects of environmental audit related to high and medium risk of environmental impact are subject to mandatory annual environmental audit.

Based on the results of the environmental audit, an environmental audit report is drawn up.

This opinion is a confidential document and is not subject to disclosure without the permission of the customer of the environmental audit.

According to the Law, environmental audit organizations are independent in carrying out their activities.

An agreement on the provision of environmental audit services is concluded only if there is a civil liability insurance policy of an environmental audit organization.

Environmental audit organizations are subject to state registration with the Agency of Public Services.

Environmental audit organizations cannot be formed by state and economic authorities, as well as by local government bodies.