treatment of land to violation of the rules for water use or water protection or failure to comply with a State ecological expertise. The administrative sanctions for environment related violations can be imposed by the administrative commissions of hukumats, courts, the CEP’s inspectors, the Veterinary Inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the State Committee for Land Management and Geodezy. The most common administrative sanction is a fine of up to 10 minimal monthly salaries for individuals and up to 15 minimal salaries to officers of organizations. The 1998 Criminal Code covers crimes against ecological safety and the environment, such as violations of ecological safety at work, poaching, and spoiling land, violation of rules for the protection and use of underground resources. The maximum fine is up to 2,000 minimal monthly salaries and the maximum sentence is up to eight years in prison. National Regulatory framework for environmental protection Tajikistan has developed during last decade most of the needed environmental laws and regulations. Refer the following table. Table 1 Selected Applicable Environment-related Legislation Air quality Law on Air Protection Law on Hydro-meteorological Activity Mineral resources Law on Mineral Waters Water Code Land management Land Code Law on Land Administration Law on Land Valuation Health and safety Law on Securing Sanitary and Epidemiological Safety of the Population Law on Industrial Safety of Hazardous Installations Law on Radiation Safety Law on Production and Consumption Waste These laws along with the Regulations approved by the GoT create a favorable legal framework for environmental protection in the country as well as for usage and protection of its natural resources. World Bank’s Safeguard Policies There are key 10 Environmental and Social World Bank Safeguard Policies which are intended to ensure that potentially adverse environmental and social consequences of projects financed by Bank are identified, minimized and mitigated. World Bank Safeguard Policies have a three-part format: Operational Policies (OP) - statement of policy objectives and operational principles including the roles and obligations of the Borrower and the Bank, Bank Procedures (BP) - mandatory procedures to be followed by the Borrower and the Bank, and Good Practice (GP) - non-mandatory advisory material. World
treatment of land to violation of the rules for water use or water protection or failure to comply with a State ecological expertise. The administrative sanctions for environment related violations can be imposed by the administrative commissions of hukumats, courts, the CEP’s inspectors, the Veterinary Inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the State Committee for Land Management and Geodezy. The most common administrative sanction is a fine of up to 10 minimal monthly salaries for individuals and up to 15 minimal salaries to officers of organizations. The 1998 Criminal Code covers crimes against ecological safety and the environment, such as violations of ecological safety at work, poaching, and spoiling land, violation of rules for the protection and use of underground resources. The maximum fine is up to 2,000 minimal monthly salaries and the maximum sentence is up to eight years in prison. National Regulatory framework for environmental protection Tajikistan has developed during last decade most of the needed environmental laws and regulations. Refer the following table. Table 1 Selected Applicable Environment-related Legislation Air quality Law on Air Protection Law on Hydro-meteorological Activity Mineral resources Law on Mineral Waters Water Code Land management Land Code Law on Land Administration Law on Land Valuation Health and safety Law on Securing Sanitary and Epidemiological Safety of the Population Law on Industrial Safety of Hazardous Installations Law on Radiation Safety Law on Production and Consumption Waste These laws along with the Regulations approved by the GoT create a favorable legal framework for environmental protection in the country as well as for usage and protection of its natural resources. World Bank’s Safeguard Policies There are key 10 Environmental and Social World Bank Safeguard Policies which are intended to ensure that potentially adverse environmental and social consequences of projects financed by Bank are identified, minimized and mitigated. World Bank Safeguard Policies have a three-part format: Operational Policies (OP) - statement of policy objectives and operational principles including the roles and obligations of the Borrower and the Bank, Bank Procedures (BP) - mandatory procedures to be followed by the Borrower and the Bank, and Good Practice (GP) - non-mandatory advisory material. World
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