Order No. 538 of the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources on the approval of methods for calculating damage to the environment

Order of the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Georgia N538 July 5, 2006. Tbilisi On the approval of methods for calculating the damage caused to the environment Article 1 General Provisions 1. Present methods is elaborated on the basis of Article 22, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph “a” of the Law of Georgia “on the State Control of Environment Protection”. 2. The methods is designed to establish the procedure of calculation of the damage of environment caused by the violation of legal norms provided for by the acting legislation, which stipulates the damage caused by the application of natural resources or/and in the process industrial activity and income which is not received by the State and which would have been received in case of proper implementation of legal norms established by the legal acts of Georgia. 3. Action of the methods shall be applied on the objects of regulation, which on the whole territory of Georgia, including territorial waters, airspace, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf are providing the application of natural resources, or/and any economic and industrial activity effecting the environmental conditions. 4. Calculation of the damage caused to the environment takes place in each case when by the authorized organ on the real damage caused to the environment resulting from the violation of legal norms with the action (inaction) taken by the regulating object became known. 5. Expenses for the laboratorial analyze to determine the level of pollution of the environment and its certain components, on the basis of which the violation of environmental legislation is proved, shall be covered by that regulatory object who has reasoned the pollution. 6. Considering the diversity of the fields of environment protection, present methods is divided into Articles – following to the certain components and fields of environment. Article 8. Procedure of Calculation of Damages Caused to the Environment with Illegal Application of Objects of Animal Planet 1. Damage of the environment caused by illegal application of objects of animal planet shall be calculated in accordance with Annex 13. 2. On the varieties entered into the “Red Book” of Georgia the amount shall be multiplied 5 times. 3. Substantial damage caused to the environment shall be determined with two thousand (2000) GEL and higher. (16.10.2006 N1098)