In accordance with article 271b of the Act of 27 April 2001, Environmental Protection Law, Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection is competent to implement Minister's of the Environment tasks related to: prevention of the major accidents, transboundary effects of the accident and accidental pollution of boundary waters.
Act of 27 April 2001 - Environmental Protection Law (particularly title IV thereof) implements the provisions of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC and Convention on the Transboundary Effects on Industrial Accidents. The aforementioned legal acts regulate issues related to prevention of major accidents that may result from the specific industrial activities and reduction of their effects on human health and environment.
The detailed functions of the Inspectorate of Environmental Protection related to the prevention of major accidents are determined in Act of 20 July 1991 on Inspection for Environmental Protection. The aforementioned functions include:
The Inspectorate of Environmental Protection cooperates with the competent authorities in preventing major accident and supervises the elimination of the effects of this accident.
National legislation on the prevention of major accidents are regulated by the following legal acts: