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Environmental Impact Assessment Act.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Legislation
Date
1990 (2021)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 7, 26 February 2010, pp. 94-128.
Long title
Act on the Evaluation of Environmental Impact.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Basic legislation EIA Access-to-information Authorization/permit Mining Right to clean/healthy environment Risk assessment/management Human rights
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

An Act on the assessment of environmental impacts. Its purpose is to ensure that for the projects set out in Annex 1 relating to Article 3 in order to guarantee effective preventative environmental protection on the basis of uniform principles: 1. the effects on the environment are identified, described and assessed in time and comprehensively, 2. the results of the environmental impact assessment are taken into account as early as possible in all cases in which authorities decide upon the approval of projects. The Act consists of 7 Parts containing 74 Articles as follows: General rules for environmental assessments (1); Environmental Impact Assessment (2); Strategic Environmental Assessment (3); Specific procedural requirements for certain environmental assessments (4); Cross-border environmental assessments (5); Provisions for certain line systems (6); Final Provisions (7). Provisions of the Law refer to participation of other authorities; participation of authorities of other countries; involvement of the public; maintenance of secrecy and data protection; summarised description of environmental impacts; assessment of environmental impacts and taking them into account during the resulting decision-making; provisional decision and partial approvals; authorization of a project by several authorities; defining general routing and consent for the development of airports; regional planning procedures and authorization procedures; preparation of construction guideline plans; procedures under mining law; procedures on the consolidation of farmland; administrative regulations; Decisions; procedure; Penalties; administrative provisions; and transitional provisions. Six Annexes are enclosed.

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Baden-Württemberg Environmental Impact Assessment Law.

Legislation | Germany | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Environmental planning, Classification/declassification, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Lower Saxony Environmental Impact Assessment Law.

Legislation | Germany | 2007 (2010)

Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Environmental planning, Classification/declassification, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Hamburg Environment Impact Assessment Law.

Legislation | Germany | 1996 (2018)

Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Environmental planning, Classification/declassification, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance on nomination of competent authority and its tasks under article 14 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act.

Legislation | Germany | 1990 (2014)

Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Amending Act on the simplification of waste management monitoring.

Legislation | Germany | 2006

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control, EIA, Authorization/permit, Waste disposal, Waste management, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on the introduction of a strategic evaluation of the environment and implementation of the Directive 2001/42/EG.

Legislation | Germany | 2005

Keyword: EIA

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ordinance amending the Act on the evaluation of environmental impact.

Legislation | Germany | 2005

Keyword: EIA

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending provisions relating to power grid expansion.

Legislation | Germany | 2015

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental planning, Renewable energy, Policy/planning, Pollution control, EIA

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act on the transposing of the Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC.

Legislation | Germany | 2016

Keyword: Emissions, Air quality/air pollution, Enforcement/compliance, Pollution control, EIA, Mining

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Environmental Impact Assessment Act.

Legislation | Germany | 2017

Keyword: EIA, Access-to-information, Authorization/permit, Mining, Right to clean/healthy environment, Risk assessment/management, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX