Aquaculture Appeals (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 468 of 2012). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries, Water Keyword Aquaculture Mariculture Authorization/permit Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Pollution control Freshwater pollution EIA Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations concern environmental impact assessment to be carried out by the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board, as part of its consideration of an appeal under Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 to ensure that before a decision is made aquaculture likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia, of its nature, size or location is subject to an environmental impact assessment. An environmental impact assessment shall be carried out by the Board in respect of an appeal of: (a) aquaculture of a class specified in regulation 5(1)(i) and (ii) of the Aquaculture (Licence Application) Regulations 1998; or (b) aquaculture of a class specified in Annex II of the Council Directive which the Board determines would be likely to have significant effects on the environment. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie 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 Amended by Aquaculture Appeals (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 276 of 2019). Legislation | Ireland | 2019 Keyword: Aquaculture, Mariculture, Authorization/permit, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, EIA Source: FAO, FAOLEX