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Act No. 244/1992 of the Czech National Council as of 15 April 1992 on Environmental Impact Assessment.

Country/Territory
Czechia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Photocopy, pp. 23.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Basic legislation EIA Institution
Geographical area
Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries
Abstract

The Act regulates the environmental impact assessment of: (a) planned constructions, modifications of planned constructions and their use; (b) activities; (c) technologies; (d) development concepts and programmes and (e) products (art. 1). The text consists of 24 articles divided into 6 Parts and 4 Annexes: Introductory Provisions (Part I); Assessment of Constructions, Activities and Technologies (Part II); Assessment of Concepts (Part III); Assessment of Products (Part IV); The Competent Authorities (Part V); Common, Transitional and Final Provisions (Part VI); Constructions, Activities and Technologies Assessed Within the Competence of the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic (Annex No. 1); Constructions, Activities and Technologies Assessed Within the Competence of District Offices (Annex No. 2); Documentation on Environmental Impact Evaluation (Annex No. 3); Statement on Impact Evaluation (Annex No. 4). Constructions, activities and technologies listed in Annexes No. 1 and No. 2 are subject to assessment, even, in certain cases, when they do not reach limit values indicated in those Annexes (art. 2). Particulars of assessment are set out in article 3. Article 5 provides for the obligation of notification of intended construction, activity or technology. Articles 8 to 11 provide for participation of the public. Article 13 sets out the particular conditions of transboundary EIA. Assessment of products shall be carried out in the form of certificates to be regulated by separate legislation (art. 15).

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