Regional Act No. 40 making provision on environmental compatibility and related assessment procedures Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Piemonte Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword EIA Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Act makes rules on the environmental impact assessment to be carried out prior to the implementation of certain projects that may have direct or indirect effects on human beings, flora, fauna, surface and underground waters, soil and subsoil, air, climate, landscape as well as on urban and rural environments. Article 4 specifies the projects which shall be subject to a previous environmental impact assessment. Article 6 determines the competent authorities according to the different types of projects. Articles 16 and 17 regard interregional and transboundary environmental impacts respectively. Article 21 lays down penalties. Full text Italian Website www.regione.piemonte.it