The Legal Framework of Emission Permits
The emission of harmful substances into the environment in Georgia is regulated by the Law of Georgia on Environmental Protection, which builds the normative basis for how permissible emission limits are set, how the state issues an environmental decision, and how the greenhouse gas authorization regime operates. If your enterprise plans to release harmful substances into the atmosphere, this page explains which norms apply to each concrete pollution source, who approves those norms, and which administrative act is required before the activity may lawfully begin.
The emission permit system rests on three pillars. The first is the permissible limit norms for the emission of harmful substances into the environment and for pollution of the environment by microorganisms. The second is the environmental decision, the administrative act through which the state admits an activity. The third is the authorization of greenhouse gas emissions, a separate regime created for climate protection. Analysing all three pillars together determines the full set of requirements facing the operator of an emitting installation.