- Supervise law enforcement in the area of environmental protection
- Carry out inspections – controls
- Prescribe measures to rectify identi. ed shorcomings
- Impose . nes for non-compliance with environmental legislation
- Control trade with and handling of endagered plant and animal species as well as products made thereof (illegally obtained specimen can be con. scated)
- Impose restrictions or even order closing of operations that pose a serious danger to the environment
- Participate in joint efforts to deal with the old environmental burdens
- Process complaints put forward by citizens and legal persons
- Provide information based on requests pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act and other legal acts
- Disseminate to the public, media and the state administration the environmental data which EI obtains as a result of the performed inspections
- Draw up statements or expert reports for other state admnistration bodies
- Are involved in dealing with accidents in the environmental sector
- Engage in a close co-operation with the inspection authorities of EU member states associated in the IMPEL network
- Impose charges for discharging waste water into surface waters and underground water withdrawal