The Presiding Officer will draw up a report including the viewpoints presented during the Public Consultation and present it to the Director General. | The Public Consultation must be held in a convenient and accessible site for persons who may be affected by the project. | Public participation is obligatory for category A activities, and is optional for category B. However it should always take place whenever the activities imply: permanent or temporary displacement of populations or communities; displacement of goods or restriction on the use of natural resources. | ||||
An opportunity must be given to the proponent to make a presentation and respond to questions raised during the Public Consultation. | The public participation process should result in a Final Report. | |||||
The person chairing the Public Consultation, in collaboration with the NEMC, will determine the procedural rules of the Public Consultation. | ||||||
This person will also be responsible for drawing up a report including the viewpoints presented during the Public Consultation and then present it to the Director General. | ||||||
Is the EIA Report altered in function of the comments received during the Public Consultation? | No legal provisions exist for this purpose. | Feedback from the consultations made shall be incorporated in the EIA. | No legal provisions exist for this purpose. | No legal provisions exist for this purpose. | Varies from Member State to Member State. | |
Is there a systematic decision-making process? | NEMA will decide upon the project’s environmental acceptability on the basis of the considerations taken from the revision process. | The NEMC may create inter-sectorial consultative committees, at the national level and, when suitable at the level of the Local Government Authority, in order to provide advice during revision of the EIA report. | The Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) will revise the EPDA and the EIA report, or revise the SES. | DEAT decides on the environmental acceptability of the project on the basis of conclusions withdrawn during the revision process. | On the basis of existing practice, the Minister responsible for the Environment will decide upon the project’s environmental acceptability on the basis of conclusions reached during the revision process. | Varies for each Member State. o, p |