Annex 6: Comparison of procedures under appropriate assessment (AA), EIA and SEA

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EN Annex 6/6

Annex 6 Comparison of procedures under

Appropriate Assessment (AA), EIA and SEA

AA

EIA

SEA

Which types

of

developments

are targeted?

Any plan or project

which - either

individually or in

combination with other

plans/projects - is likely

to have an adverse

effect on a Natura 2000

site (excluding plans or

projects directly

connected to the

conservation

management of the

site).

All projects listed in

Annex I.

For projects listed in

Annex II the need for an

EIA shall be determined

on a case by case basis

or through thresholds or

criteria set by Member

States (taking into

account criteria in Annex

III).

Any plans and programmes

or amendments thereof which

are

(a) prepared for agriculture,

forestry, fisheries, energy,

industry, transport, waste

management, water

management,

telecommunications, tourism,

town and country planning or

land use and which set the

framework for future

development consent of

projects listed in Annexes I

and II to EIA Directive, or

(b) which, in view of the likely

effect on sites, have been

determined to require an

assessment pursuant to Article

6 or 7 of Directive 92/43/EEC.

What impacts

need to be

assessed

relevant to

nature?

The assessment should

be made in view of the

site’s conservation

objectives (which relate

to the species/ habitat

types for which the site

was designated).

The impacts should be

assessed to determine

whether or not they will

adversely affect the

integrity of the site

concerned.

Direct and indirect,

secondary, cumulative,

short, medium and long-

term, permanent and

temporary, positive and

negative significant

effects on, amongst

others, fauna and flora.

Likely significant effects on the

environment, including on

issues such as biodiversity,

population, human health,

fauna, flora, soil, water, air,

climatic factors, material

assets, cultural heritage

including architectural and

archaeological heritage,

landscape and the

interrelationship between the

above factors.

Who is

responsible

for the

Assessment?

It is the responsibility of

the competent authority

to ensure that the AA is

carried out. In that

context the developer

may be required to carry

out all necessary studies

and to provide all

necessary information to

the competent authority

in order to enable the

latter to take a fully

informed decision. In so

doing the competent

authority may also

collect relevant

information from other

The developer supplies

the necessary information

to be taken into

consideration by the

competent authority

issuing the development

consent

The competent planning

authority