The Inspection of Natural Persons who are not Entrepreneurs in the Field of Air Quality Protection in Poland and the Czech Republic

This article is an attempt at a synthetic discussion of selected elements of the legal model of air pollution protection in Poland and the Czech Republic. The aim is to bring this issue closer to a wider audience, which may be a contribution to an international academic discussion in this field. Within the scope of this article, it is impossible to cover all the threads related to the control of natural persons who are not entrepreneurs in the field of air quality protection in Poland and the Czech Republic, hence the focus will be on selected elements. I justify the reference to Czech legislation on the grounds of geographical proximity (neighbourhood with Poland), similar problems (a post--communist country), and membership in the EU. Despite these apparent similarities, the two countries deal with air protection in quite different ways. According to reports by the European Environment Agency, the Czech Republic has better air quality than Poland. The article uses formal-dogmatic, statistical and comparative methods.