Framework environmental management plan

Local Environmental Protection Agencies (LEPAs)

In accordance with the Framework Regulation on the Organization of the Local Environmental Protection Agencies, adopted on the basis of the Governmental Decision 1000/2012 on the Reorganization of the National Environmental Protection Agency, the LEPAs have responsibilities in the fields of authorization and monitoring of the activities with environmental impact, such as:

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  issues agreements /authorizations for the activities with significant impact on the environment, based on the current legal provisions;
  
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  authorizes the projects and activities with environmental impact at local level;
  
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  monitors at local level the enforcement of the EIA legislation; and
  
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  monitors the implementation of the County Waste Management Plans.
  

The National Environmental Guard

The main responsibilities of the Environmental Guard are:

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  controls the activities with environmental impact and enforces the sanctions provided in the environmental legislation;
  
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  controls if the environmental legislation and the measures established by the compliance programs, as well as the legal procedures, are properly enforced;
  
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  controls the activities with major/significant impact on the environment, in order to prevent and eliminate the pollution risks;
  
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  where there is a breach of a law or regulation, enforces sanctions (administrative or fines) or collaborates with the judicial authorities (environmental crimes).
  

County Public Health Directorates

The County Public Health Directorates, among others, are in charge of the sanitary inspections of local level and with the sanitary authorization for the hospitals. In particular, they are responsible for supervision of the collection of medical and contaminated waste.