REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIALAW ON ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORINGNovember 20, 1997 No. VIII - 529VilniusChapter IGENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1. Objective of the LawThe Law on Environmental Monitoring shall establish the organisational structure and procedure of implementation of monitoring, and liability with regard to this. It shall be applied to environmental monitoring, which is defined by the Law on Environmental Protection and The Underground Law.Article 2. The Basic Definitions of this Law1. Environmental monitoring means the systematic observation of the state of the environment and its components and changes thereof and evaluation and prognosis of anthropogenic impact.2. Anthropogenic impact means impact of human activity upon the environment.3. State environmental monitoring means constant observations on a state level, of the condition of natural environment throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Lithuania.4. Municipality environmental monitoring means observations of the state ...