Act to amend the Act relative to procedures of environmental impact assessment of public plans and programmes (No. 253 of 2017). Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword EIA Transboundary effects Public participation Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act amends the Act relative to procedures of environmental impact assessment of public plans and programmes in provisions concerning transboundary environmental effects. The Finnish authority responsible for a plan or programme with transboundary effects in a state of the European Union or a state bound by an agreement with Finland shall notify the Ministry of Environment. The Ministry shall inform the affected state(s) and shall conduct negotiations with that state or those states. A new section 10A is added to the principal Act. This section concerns participation by (the Ministry of Environment of) Finland in environmental assessment of another state's plan or programme. The Act sets out procedures for such participation. Full text Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Implements Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Legislation | European Union | 2011 (2014) Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Cultural heritage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Legislation | European Union | 2014 Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Climate change, Offences/penalties, Cultural heritage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Act relative to procedures of environmental impact assessment of public plans and programmes (No. 200 of 2005). Legislation | Finland | 2005 Keyword: EIA, Access-to-information, Transboundary effects, Public participation, Water supply, Sustainable development, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX