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Ministerial Order No. 118/2022 approving the Regulation on the Environmental Impact Assessment Process (AIA).

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Regulation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República, I Série, No. 224.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
EIA Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Classification/declassification Environmental fees/charges Environmental planning Environmental standards Authorization/permit Monitoring Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Entry into force notes
This Ministerial Order enters into force 90 days after its publication.
Abstract

This Ministerial Order approves the Regulation on the Environmental Impact Assessment Process (EIA). This Directive on Independent Expert Reviewers of Environmental Impact Assessments for Category A+ Activities establishes the procedures relating to the registration and intervention of Independent Expert Reviewers (REI) in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process of Category A+ activities, regulated in Decree No. 54/2015 of 31 December. This Directive applies to: a) natural or legal persons, national or foreign, public and private, who intervene in the EIA process of category A+ activities; b) activities assessed as being category A+, under the terms of the EIA Regulation and that have significant impacts at national and/or cross-border level. The REI are experts in matters subject to EIA review, and in the exercise of their functions they are endowed with technical-scientific autonomy. It is mandatory to submit all documents from the EIA process of activities assessed as being category A+, for review by REI.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Decree No. 54/2015 approving the Regulation on the Process for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

Legislation | Mozambique | 2015

Keyword: Agricultural development, Farming, Land clearing, EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Classification/declassification, Environmental fees/charges, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment, Aquaculture, Animal production, Pastoralism

Source: FAO, FAOLEX