Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive
Application of the EIA Directive
- Mandatory EIA
→ Annex I names the projects referred to in Article 4 (1) EIA-Directive, which should be made subject to an assessment
An assessment is obligatory for projects listed in Annex I of the Directive, which are considered as having significant effects on the environment. This assessment is called ‘mandatory EIA’ and includes projects relating to long-distance railway lines, airports with a basic runaway length of 2,100 m or more, motorways, express roads, roads of four lanes or more (of at least 10 km), waste disposal installations for hazardous waste, waste disposal installations for non-hazardous waste (with a capacity of more than 100 tonnes per day), waste water treatment plants (with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population equivalent), etc.