Implementation of EIA Directive 2014/52/EUon the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
Briefing
26-11-2018
Proper implementation of EU law is essential to deliver the EU policy goals as defined in the Treaties and secondary legislation. This briefing aims to give an overview of the transposition and implementation of Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the EIA Directive). It presents the key elements of this Directive. The amendments brought by Directive 2014/52/EU to the previous legal text aim to improve the quality of Environmental Impact Asessment reports and the information gathered, as well as to reinforce environmental protection in the assessment of the impacts on the environment.
Briefing
External author
Marta Ballesteros
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- building and public works
- building industry
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business classification
- directive (EU)
- economic analysis
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental impact
- environmental policy
- environmental protection
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- impact study
- industrial project
- industrial structures and policy
- INDUSTRY
- management
- private sector
- project evaluation
- public sector