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	Finable Offense Reports by the Green Police (2008)

	Vehicular Air Pollution Inspections (2008)

Updated: 10/02/2010

The Green Police is the main arm of the Ministry of Environmental Protection in the area of enforcement and deterrence. Its goal is to improve the quality of the environment by enforcing laws and regulations. The Green Police is empowered to carry out inspections and investigations relating, among others, to wastewater, asbestos hazardous, hazardous waste, air pollution, illegal signposting, non-compliance with the Deposit Law on Beverage Containers, improper conditions in dairy farms and much more. It is authorized to stop environmental offenders, investigate them, present them with "finable offense orders" (fines in lieu of trial), and transfer investigation files to the Environmental Protection Ministry's Legal Division for the preparation of indictments. In 2008, the Green Police opened 170 investigation files and issued 1,430 finable offense notices. In 2009, the Green Police issued 1,486 finable offense notices and opened 217 investigation files, most of which (101) dealt with the illegal disposal of construction and demolition waste, with the rest distributed among the diverse subjects for which the ministry is responsible.

In addition to its routine work, the Green Police launches several enforcement campaigns each year that are directed at different sectors in different parts of the country, including garbage dumps and transfer stations, illegal gas stations, and more. In 2009, 41 such campaigns were conducted.

Members of the Green Police work in cooperation with the regional offices of the Ministry of Environmental Prtoection. Each of the six regions includes a coordinator and 4-5 inspectors, charged with responding to regional enforcement needs, whether inspections of industrial plants, businesses and local authorities which are undergoing administrative or criminal enforcement or field surveillance, information gathering, and the like. They are equipped with field vehicles, firearms, cameras, recording equipment, etc.

The Green Police developed out of the Ministry of Environmental Protection's National Environmental Patrol which was first established in 1990. In 2000, its name was changed to the Green Police

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