Textual Amendments
Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a heat output of 300 megawatts or more, and
nuclear power stations and other nuclear reactors including the dismantling or decommissioning of such power stations or reactors (1) (except research installations for the production and conversion of fissionable and fertile materials, whose maximum power does not exceed 1 kilowatt continuous thermal load).
Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.
Installations designed:
for the production or enrichment of nuclear fuel,
for the processing of irradiated nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste,
for the final disposal of irradiated nuclear fuel,
solely for the final disposal of radioactive waste,
solely for the storage (planned for more than 10 years) of irradiated nuclear fuels or radioactive waste in a different site than the production site.
Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast-iron and steel;
Installations for the production of non-ferrous crude metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes.
for the production of basic organic chemicals;
for the production of basic inorganic chemicals;
for the production of phosphorous-, nitrogen- or potassium-based fertilizers (simple or compound fertilizers);
for the production of basic plant health products and of biocides;
for the production of basic pharmaceutical products using a chemical or biological process;
for the production of explosives.
Construction of lines for long-distance railway traffic and of airports (2) with a basic runway length of 2 100 m or more;
Construction of motorways and express roads (3) ;
Construction of a new road of four or more lanes, or realignment and/or widening of an existing road of two lanes or less so as to provide four or more lanes, where such new road, or realigned and/or widened section of road would be 10 km or more in a continuous length.
Inland waterways and ports for inland-waterway traffic which permit the passage of vessels of over 1 350 tonnes;
Trading ports, piers for loading and unloading connected to land and outside ports (excluding ferry piers) which can take vessels of over 1 350 tonnes.
Works for the transfer of water resources between river basins where this transfer aims at preventing possible shortages of water and where the amount of water transferred exceeds 100 million cubic metres/year;
In all other cases, works for the transfer of water resources between river basins where the multi-annual average flow of the basin of abstraction exceeds 2 000 million cubic metres/year and where the amount of water transferred exceeds 5 % of this flow.
In both cases transfers of piped drinking water are excluded.
for the transport of gas, oil, chemicals, and,
for the transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) streams for the purposes of geological storage, including associated booster stations.]
Textual Amendments
F2 Substituted by Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance).
85 000 places for broilers, 60 000 places for hens;
3 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg); or
900 places for sows.
production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials;
production of paper and board with a production capacity exceeding 200 tonnes per day.
Textual Amendments
F3 Inserted by Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC.
Textual Amendments
F4 Inserted by Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance).
[F1Nuclear power stations and other nuclear reactors cease to be such an installation when all nuclear fuel and other radioactively contaminated elements have been removed permanently from the installation site.
For the purposes of this Directive, ‘ airport ’ means airports which comply with the definition in the 1944 Chicago Convention setting up the International Civil Aviation Organization (Annex 14).
For the purposes of the Directive, ‘ express road ’ means a road which complies with the definition in the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries of 15 November 1975.
OJNo L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 94/3/EC ( OJ No L 5, 7.1.1994, p. 15 ).
OJ No L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 20 . Directive as last amended by Directive 94/31/EC ( OJ No L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 28 ).
OJ No L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40 . Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.
[F4 OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114 .] ]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 amending Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.
F4 Inserted by Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance).