The Czech Environmental Inspectorate

The Czech Environmental Inspectorate was set up in 1991 by Act. No. 282/1991 Coll., on the Czech Environmental Inspectorate and its competencies in forestry protection. The other environmentals sectors were gradually, in 1991-1992, incorporated.

CEI is an independent organization subordinate to the Ministry of the Environment.

The activities of CEI are divided into five core areas:

- air protection

- waste management

- nature protection

- water protection

- forest protection

CEI was gradually assigned also additional responsibilities in other areas: protection of the Earth's ozone layer, supervision over the handling of chemical substances, industrial accident prevention, packaging management and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).