Act No.347/1990 on the organisation of ministries and other central bodies of state administration.

The Ministry of Environment is a central body of state administration for the creation and protection of environment including a) nature protection; b) protection of the quality and quantity of water and their rational utilisation; c) air protection; d) spatial planning and building order; e) waste management; f) provision of unified information system on environment and area monitoring; g) geological research and survey. The Ministry of Environment is a superior body of: a) The Slovak Environmental Inspection. Through the Inspection the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic fulfils the functions of the main supervision body in environmental issues. b) The Slovak Hydro meteorological Institution. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for soil management, forestry, water management with the exception of competencies given in Article 6 par. 1 letter b), fishery, and hunting and for food industry. The Ministry of Agriculture is a superior body of: a) The State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic; b) The Slovak Agricultural and Food Inspection. The Office for Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the area of nuclear supervision. The Office for Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic provides the execution of state supervision over nuclear safety of nuclear facilities including supervision over the handling with radioactive waste, burnt fuel and other phases of fuel cycles as well as over nuclear material including their inspection and registration. It provides assessment of the goals of the programme of nuclear energy utilisation and the quality of selected facilities and instruments of nuclear technology and obligations of the Slovak Republic that follow from international treaties related to nuclear safety of nuclear facilities and handling with nuclear materials. The Slovak Office for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for geodesy, cartography and Cadastre of fixed properties.