Council codifies Environmental Impact Assessment Directives and adds CCS

This Directive is a codification of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985, and thus whilst it supersedes the various acts incorporated in it (Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997, Directive 2003/35/EC of 26 May 2003 and Directive 2009/31/EC of 23 April 2009), it fully preserves their content. The Directive requires Member States to assess the environmental effects of certain public and private project before granting consent to the developer. Quarries and open-cast mining as well as installations for the manufacture of cement are in the project list (according to Directive 97/11/EC). Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects have now been added to the list (according to Art 31 of Directive 2009/31/EC).

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