Annex I Comparison of procedures under Appropriate Assessment and EIA/SEA

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ANNEX I

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 a signif‌icant

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).

All plans and programmes, or

amendments thereof, which:

(a) are subject to preparation

and/or adoption by an authority

and national, regional and local

level;

(b) are required by legislative,

regulatory or administrative

provisions;

(c) are prepared for

agriculture, forestry, f‌isheries,

energy, industry, transport,

waste management,

water management,

telecommunications, tourism,

town and country planning or

land use and set the framework

for future development consent

of projects listed in Annexes I and

II to the EIA Directive; or

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, transboundary,

short, medium and long-term,

permanent and temporary,

positive and negative signif‌icant

ef‌fects on population and

human health; biodiversity,

with particular attention to

species and habitats protected

under Directive 92/43/EEC and

Directive2009/147/EC;land,

soil, water, air and climate and

landscape; material assets,

cultural heritage and the

landscape; and the interaction

between these factors.

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.