The founding Unit of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate was the Forest Protection Unit. Act No. 282/1991 Coll., on the Czech Environmental Inspectorate and its powers in forest protection, as a state administration body, directly formulates the...
Inspections in the field of nature protection are carried out by state supervision on the basis of six component laws:Act No. 114/1992 Coll., on nature and landscape protection, as amended,Act No. 334/1992 Coll., on the protection of the...
Inspection Support and Chemical Safety Unit of the CEI Headquarters is in charge of chemical safety issues (chemical legislation including regulations on product safety), remote Earth exploration, chemical analyzes and sampling.The Unit has...
Until the establishment of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate (1991), water protection was supervised by the State Water Management Inspectorate (later the Czech Water Management Inspectorate), established in 1960 as an expert control body for...
In the legislation on air protection in the Czech Republic, adopted in September 2012, when compared with the original legislation from 2002, there were changes mainly due to the creation of three new laws, namely Act No. 201/2012 Coll., on air...
Nature protection is based on a law that has been in force since 1992.In nature protection the CEI works on the basis of the very progressive Act on the Nature and Landscape Protection, which has been in force since 1992 with minor modifications.
The CEI performs the following main activities in the field of international cooperation:
cooperates with inspection bodies of EU countries and an informal network of European supervisory bodies and EU institutions focused on the...
Czech Environmental Inspectorate
The Czech Environmental Inspectorate (CEI) is a professional body responsible for supervising compliance with environmental legislation.
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The Czech Environmental Inspectorate (administrator) processes personal data of subjects in accordance with Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU)...
The year 2015 posed a new and unique challenge for the Czech Environmental Inspectorate (CEI). It was the full transformation of this organizational component of the State under the powers of the Public Service Act, with the necessity to maintain…
International cooperation with other environmental organizations is an important part of CEI's work. Our membership in the IMPEL network is of special importance, within which we take an active part in working in Expert groups and projects.
Erik Geuss was appointed the Director of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate in 2014. Erik Geuss graduated from the University of Economics in Prague and he acquired a doctoral degree at the Czech Technical University in Prague.
The new Decree No. 189/2013 Coll., on the protection of woody plants, valid from 15th of July 2013 deals with felling of trees in alleys and gardens.
An owner of a garden no longer have to ask for permission in an administrative proceeding to fell…
Act No. 201/2012 Coll., on ambient air protection
Act No. 73/2012 Coll., on substances that Deplete the ozone layer
Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases...