Are there legal provisions or specifications on the deadline available to the EIA Authority in order to issue professional opinions over the course of the various stages of the EIA process?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Varies for each Member State.

The EIA Authority after reception of the Project Report shall submit a copy of the report, up to 7 days afterwards, to any Ministry,

department, state company or relevant local authority or to the District

Environment

Committee in order to receive comments.

The NEMC (National Environment

Management Council), after reception of the Project Report shall submit a copy of the report, within a

maximum of 7 days, to the relevant ministries or public institutes, to the Local Government Environmental

Management Officer, and, if more than one district is involved, to the Regional Secretariat in order to receive their comments.

The EIA Authority must observe the following deadlines:

The Competent Authority must observe the

following deadlines:

Within a maximum of 30 days counted from the date of reception of the documentation, the Ministry

responsible for the environment will send the respective opinion to the competent authority in order to licence or authorise the project,

accompanied by the public consultation report that it has organised and

analysis thereof.

The entities to which the copies of the report have been sent must make a

statement within a maximum of 21 days. The EIA Authority.

The NEMC will issue its final opinion (as to whether or not the project is subject to an EIA) within 45 days after reception of the Project Report.

・ Pre-assessment up to 5 working days;

・ Basic Assessment -acknowledge receipt (if application is in order) or reject application (if not in order);

The EIA Authority will issue its final opinion (regarding whether or not the project is subject to an EIA) within a maximum of 45 days after reception of the Project Report.

The NEMC after

reception of the EIA will submit, up to 14 days later, a copy to any ministry or institute in order to receive

comments, and to

notify and invite the general public to take part.

・ EPDA and ToR up to 30

・ working days;

・ Basic Assessment decision of accept or refuse 30 days;

The EIA Authority, after reception of the EIA Report, shall submit a copy of the report, up to 14 days afterwards, to any Ministry,

department, state company or relevant local authority in order to receive comments.

The entities to which the copies of the report have been sent must make a statement within a maximum of 30 days

・ EIA-up to 45 working days.

・ Scoping report review-30 days;

The entities to which the copies of the report have been sent must make a

statement within a maximum of 30 days. The EIA Authority may extend these deadlines.

The Minister will

provide his final

opinion up to 30 days after reception of the

recommendations from the NEMC.

The Provincial

Environmental Coordination

Departments must observe the

following deadlines:

・ Impact Assessment Report review-60 days;