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27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (85/337/EEC) (repealed)

[F1 3. Energy industry U.K.

(a)

Industrial installations for the production of electricity, steam and hot water (projects not included in Annex I);

(b)

Industrial installations for carrying gas, steam and hot water; transmission of electrical energy by overhead cables (projects not included in Annex I);

(c)

Surface storage of natural gas;

(d)

Underground storage of combustible gases;

(e)

Surface storage of fossil fuels;

(f)

Industrial briquetting of coal and lignite;

(g)

Installations for the processing and storage of radioactive waste (unless included in Annex I);

(h)

Installations for hydroelectric energy production;

(i)

Installations for the harnessing of wind power for energy production (wind farms) [F2 ;]

(j)

[F3 Installations for the capture of CO ₂ streams for the purposes of geological storage pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC from installations not covered by Annex I to this Directive.] ]

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).

F3 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).

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.