The present Law lays down provisions relating to the assessment of environmental impact in Saarland. The purpose of the Law is to ensure that in certain private and public projects, as well as in certain plans and programmes the impact on the environment is exhaustively investigated, described and assessed and its results be taken into due consideration. The text consists of 11 articles as follows: Purpose of the Law (1); Definition of terms (2); Sphere of application, duty to carry out an environmental assessment test (3); Size of project (4); Duty to report on the part of individuals (5); Modification and extension of projects subject to environmental assessment tests (6); Projects subject to environmental assessment test (7); Execution of the test (8); Competent authorities (9); Transitional provisions (10); Entry into force, repeal (11).
Germany · 2002-10-30