Thüringen Environmental Impact Assessment Law. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Thüringen Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleThüringen Law on assessment of environmental impact. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Pollution control EIA Environmental planning Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Law implements the Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment. The purpose of the Law is to ensure that in certain private and public projects, as well as plans and programmes the impact on the environment is exhaustively investigated, described and assessed and its result be taken into due consideration. The text deals with the following issues: purposes, definition of terms, Full text German Website www.thueringen.de References - Legislation Implements Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment. Legislation | European Union | 2001 Keyword: EIA, Sustainable development, Sustainable use Source: FAO, FAOLEX