2009-09 - IRI Portugal - FINAL REPORT - IMPEL

• Reporting: Annual activity report and annual activity plan are sent to the Minister for
his/her approval. If it is approved it is then made publicly available via the Internet.
The Ministry can request IGAOT to focus on specific themes in the activity plan
though discretion on how this is achieved is left to IGAOT.
Environmental and Spatial Planning General Inspectorate (IGAOT)
IGAOT is a national inspection and auditing service whose mission is to evaluate and
verify the compliance with the legislation in the environmental, spatial planning and
nature conservation areas by public and private organisations.
IGAOT is classed as a Criminal Police Authority. IGAOT also has powers to perform
financial, administrative and control tasks, upon the other services and entities
belonging to, or depending on, the Ministry for the Environment, Spatial Planning and
Regional Development (including public enterprises).
IGAOT is structured in the following way: (see Figure 2)
Management Level: General Inspector and 2 Deputy Inspector General.
Operational level: 6 Inspection Services (SI)
- SIA, SIB and SIC Environmental Inspection Services (30 inspectors, 3 of which are
Head of Units)
- SID Administrative Inspections of Entities belonging to MAOTDR , prosecution
processes and law issues (18 people, 4 inspectors, 1 of which is Head of Unit)
- SIE Financial audits and inspections (2 inspectors, 1 of which is Head of Unit)
- SIF Spatial Planning inspections (3 people 1 of which is Head of Unit)
The categories of IPPC activities and SEVESO are divided over the Inspection Services
A, B and C. Annex 2 shows how the industrial sectors are divided between the 3
environmental inspections services (SIA, SIB and SIC).
Supporting level
- Resources Administrative Service (26 people, 2 of which are inspectors and 1 is a
Director)
- Resources Management Division (DGR) (6 Sections)
- Supporting Inspection and Planning Department, DPAI (7 people, 1 of which is
inspector and 1 is Head of Unit)
IGAOT does not have any regional divisions.
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