The programme of implementation the EIA Act was discussed and approved at the operational meeting of the Ministry of the Environment on 25 July 1994. Then it was published in the Bulletin of the Ministry No. 4/1994. After five years since that moment it may be stated that the substantial part of tasks formulated in 1994 was fulfilled. It can be also summarized that experience from implementation the Act in Slovak conditions is good. All subjects that are taking part in it by law are gradually acquiring E IA process. It may be said that EIA made before the realization of activities is properly considered one of the essential tools for securing the sustainable development. Temporal and financial demands associated with the assessment process are indisputably highly compensated by its positive impacts in the field of protection and creation of the environment.