Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
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"An environmental assessment is an analysis of the likely impacts that a project may have on ecosystems, human health and on changes to nature's services. The main impacts to be analysed are: soil contamination impacts, air pollution impacts, noise health effects, ecology impacts including endangered species assessment, geological hazards assessment and water pollution impacts.
The EIA Directive (EU legislation) on environmental Impact Assessment was introduced in 1985 and amended in 1997 and 2003. The EIA procedure ensures that environmental consequences of projects are identified and assessed before authorisation is given. The public can give its opinion and all results are taken into account in the authorisation procedure of the project. The public is informed of the decision afterwards."
CEMAT Glossary of key expressions used in spatial development policies in Europe; 14 CEMAT (2006) 6, Strasbourg 24 January 2007, p. 7
Germany -> Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVP)
Russia -> Оценка воздействия на окружающую среду (ОВОС)
Lithuania -> Poveikio gamtinei aplinkai vertinimas
Belarus -> Оценка воздействия на окружающую среду
Norway -> Program for plan- og utredningsarbeid
Estonia -> Keskkonnamõjude hindamise ja keskkonnajuhtimise seadus
Latvia -> ietekmes uz vidi novērtējums (IVN)
Finland -> Ympäristönsuojelu-laki
Poland -> Ocena oddziaływania na środowisko
Sweden -> Miljökonsekvensbeskrivning (MKB)
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