Since the June 2009 elections, the new Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures has been assigned responsibilities for transport, territorial planning and public works, in addition to its responsibilities related to the environment. Renamed the Nature and Forests Administration by the Law of 5 June 2009. Since the June 2009 elections, this ministry has kept its responsibilities concerning communal affairs and water management. This act was amended and supplemented in 2007 to allow NGOs to take legal action.