Ministry of Environment and WaterREPUBLIC OF BULGARIA GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT Promulgated State Gazette No. 86/18.10.1991 Amended SG Nos. 100/1992; 31 & 63/1995; 13, 85 & 86/1997; 62/1998; 12/1999 Chapter One GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1This Act shall regulate: 1. the collection and provision of information concerning the state of the environment; 2. the exertion of control over the state of the environment; 3. the terms and procedures of environment impact assessment; 4. the planning and implementation of environmental protection activities; 5. the rights and obligations of central and local authorities, bodies corporate and physical persons as regards environmental protection.Article 2The reduction of risk for human health and for the environment and its relation to suffered damages and missed benefits shall be the basis for determining ecological policy. Article 3(1) Natural and juridical persons carrying on activities which pollute the environme...