S.L. 549.46 ст. 1Citation andscope. Directive 2011/92/ EU as

(1) The title of these regulations is the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations.

(2) These regulations transpose and implement the provisions of:

(a) Directive 2011/92/EU of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (codification), as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014;

(b) the Convention on Environmental Impact

Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention)

of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and its First and Second Amendments; and

(c) the provisions of Regulation (EU) No. 347/

2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, with regard to the co-ordination of environmental assessment procedures arising from the requirements of Council Directives 2014/52/EU, 92/43/EEC and other related Union legislation.

(3) The objective of these regulations is to provide for a high level of protection of the environment and of human health, to contribute to the effective integration of environmental considerations into the permitting procedure for public and private projects, and to ensure that public and private projects which are likely to have significant effects on the environment are adequately assessed before any development consent is granted.