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Environmental Impact Assessment of Certain Works Law, 2005 (Law No. 140(Ι)/2005).

Country/Territory
Cyprus
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimerida tis Dimokratias No. 4055, Supplement I, Part I, 2 December 2005.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
EIA Basic legislation Authorization/permit Environmental planning Environmental standards Urban land Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Asia, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia
Abstract

This Law provides for the compulsory impact assessment of certain establishments or projects which due to their potential and substantial environmental impacts need a full EIA study. The projects must be evaluated before any construction works are initiated or a license is issued by the competent administrative authority. The law establishes procedures for impact assessment, defines the participation of stakeholders in assessment procedures and prohibits the granting of construction permit or approval to perform works without taking into consideration, prior the issuance of the permit, the views of the authority responsible for environmental protection. The First and Second Annexes to this law identify categories of establishments or projects which must be subjected to an environmental impact assessment. The law shall not apply to works which will be carried out under the provisions of a particular law issued especially for that project or is a public work declared by decree of the Ministers’ Cabinet as a public work of an extremely specific nature.

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References - Legislation

Repeals

Environmental impact assessment of certain works Law, 2001 (N. 57(I)/2001).

Legislation | Cyprus | 2001

Keyword: EIA, Basic legislation, Authorization/permit, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Urban land, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Environmental Impact Assessment of Certain Works (Scope EIA Study) Order, 2008 (P.I. 420/2008).

Legislation | Cyprus | 2008

Keyword: EIA, Authorization/permit, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Urban land, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Environmental Impact Assessment of Certain Works (Amendment) Law, 2007 (Law No. 42(Ι)/2007).

Legislation | Cyprus | 2007

Keyword: EIA, Authorization/permit, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Urban land, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Law no. 127 of 2018 concerning the Environmental Impact Assessment of Certain Projects.

Legislation | Cyprus | 2018

Keyword: Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Biodiversity, Crops/grasses, Farming, Land clearing, Drainage/land reclamation, Land-use planning, Irrigation, Energy conservation/energy production, Nuclear energy, Oil, Climate change, Coastal zone management, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, EIA, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Protection of environment, Public health, Transboundary effects, Protected area, Policy/planning, Standards, Aquaculture, Fish products, Milk/dairy products, Meat, Slaughtering, Sugar, Vegetables/legumes, Viticulture/oenological practices, Afforestation/reforestation, Protection of species, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Forest management/forest conservation, Animal production, Groundwater, Sewerage, Surface water, Thermal and medicinal waters, Waste disposal, Water abstraction, Freshwater resources management, Waterworks, Ecosystem preservation, Protection of habitats, Wild fauna, Wild flora

Source: FAO, FAOLEX