Council Directive of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (85/337/EEC) (repealed)

1. Introductory Text

2. Article 1. (1) This Directive shall apply to the assessment of the...

3. Article 2. (1) Member States shall adopt all measures necessary to ensure...

4. Article 3. The environmental impact assessment shall identify, describe and assess in...

5. Article 4. (1) Subject to Article 2 (3), projects listed in Annex...

6. Article 5. (1) In the case of projects which, pursuant to Article...

7. Article 6. (1) Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure...

8. Article 7. (1) Where a Member State is aware that a project...

9. Article 8. The results of consultations and the information gathered pursuant to...

10. Article 9. (1) When a decision to grant or refuse development consent...

11. Article 10. The provisions of this Directive shall not affect the obligation...

12. Article 10a. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with the relevant...

13. Article 11. (1) The Member States and the Commission shall exchange information...

14. Article 12. (1) Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply...

15. Article 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

16. Article 14. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

17. 1. ANNEX I

       PROJECTS SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 4 (1)

       1. 1. Crude-oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude oil)...

       2. 2. Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a heat...

       3. 3. Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel. Installations designed:...

       4. 4. Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast-iron and steel;...

       5. 5. Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the processing...

       6. 6. Integrated chemical installations, i.e. those installations for the manufacture on...

       7. 7. Construction of lines for long-distance railway traffic and of airports...

       8. 8. Inland waterways and ports for inland-waterway traffic which permit the...

       9. 9. Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment as defined...

       10. 10. Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment as...

       11. 11. Groundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual...

       12. 12. Works for the transfer of water resources between river basins...

       13. 13. Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150 000...

       14. 14. Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where...

       15. 15. Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or...

       16. 16. Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 mm and a...

       17. 17. Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with...

       18. 18. Industrial plants for the

       19. 19. Quarries and open-cast mining where the surface of the site...

       20. 20. Construction of overhead electrical power lines with a voltage of...

       21. 21. Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical products with...

       22. 22. Any change to or extension of projects listed in this...

       23. 23. Storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament...

       24. 24. Installations for the capture of CO 2 streams for the...

    2. ANNEX II

       PROJECTS SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 4 (2)

       1. 1. Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

       2. 2. Extractive industry

       3. 3. Energy industry

       4. 4. Production and processing of metals

       5. 5. Mineral industry

       6. 6. Chemical industry (Projects not included in Annex I)

       7. 7. Food industry

       8. 8. Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

       9. 9. Rubber industry

       10. 10. Infrastructure projects

       11. 11. Other projects

       12. 12. Tourism and leisure

       13. 13. Any change or extension of projects listed in Annex I...

    3. ANNEX III

       SELECTION CRITERIA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 (3)

       1. 1. Characteristics of projects

       2. 2. Location of projects

       3. 3. Characteristics of the potential impact

    4. ANNEX IV

       INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5 (1)

       1. 1. Description of the project, including in particular:

       2. 2. An outline of the main alternatives studied by the developer...

       3. 3. A description of the aspects of the environment likely to...

       4. 4. A description of the likely significant effects of the proposed...

       5. 5. A description of the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and...

       6. 6. A non-technical summary of the information provided under the above...

       7. 7. An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiencies or lack of...