Criteria

Performance of Reformed EIA

Advantages

Inadequacies

Systemic measures

1. Legislative provisions

1.1 Sufficiency of EIA legal basis

l EPL is supplemented with specific laws on environmental components and typical industry;

EIA Law is supplemented with specific laws of Projects EIA and Planning EIA.

l Lacks specific laws for Policy EIA.

1.2 Operability of legislation and regulations

l The regulations at national levels are general; The ones at local levels are specific.

l The hierarchical position of EPL is not high enough;

Some legal terms are general, easily result in different interpretations.