The chapter „Environment“ has been officially closed at the Accession Conference in Brussels in December 2001. MoE SR is the co-ordinator of this chapter in the process of European legislation transformation in the Slovak legal order. This includes also EU regulations, the implementation of which has a unique position in environmental protection – it is based on voluntariness of their implementation. The author has in mind the Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council of European Communities No. 761/2001 (EMAS II) allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme and the Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council No. 1980/2000 on the revised Community eco-label award scheme. On the basis of this, MoE SR has developed the draft Act on the eco-management and audit and the draft Act on environmental labelling. The draft Acts have been approved and they are in the stage of comments evaluation.