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relevant plans and programmes;
(b) The relevant aspects of the current state of the environment and the likely evolution
thereof without implementation of the plan;
(c) The environmental characteristics of areas likely to be significantly affected;
(d) Any existing environmental problems which are relevant to the plan including, in
particular, those relating to any areas of a particular environmental importance, such
as areas designated pursuant to Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC;
(e) The environmental protection objectives, established at international, Community or
national level, which are relevant to the plan and the way those objectives and any
environmental considerations have been taken into account during its preparation;
(f) The likely significant effects on the environment, including on issues such as
biodiversity, population, human health, fauna, flora, soil, water, air, climatic factors,
material assets, cultural heritage including architectural and archaeological heritage,
landscape and the interrelationship between the above factors. (These effects should
include secondary, cumulative, synergistic, short, medium and long-term permanent
and temporary, positive and negative effects);
(g) The measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and as fully as possible offset any
significant adverse effects on the environment of implementing the plan;
(h) An outline of the reasons for selecting the alternatives dealt with, and a description of
how the assessment was undertaken including any difficulties (such as technical
deficiencies or lack of know-how) encountered in compiling the required information;
(i) A description of measures envisaged concerning monitoring in accordance with
Article 10;
(j) A non-technical summary of the information provided under the above headings.
The report must include the information that may reasonably be required taking into
account current knowledge and methods of assessment, the contents and level of detail in
the plan, its stage in the decision-making process and the extent to which certain matters
are more appropriately assessed at different levels in that process to avoid duplication of
the assessment (Article 5.2).
Consulting:
• authorities with environmental responsibilities, when deciding on the scope and level of
detail of the information which must be included in the environmental report (Article
5.4)
• authorities with environmental responsibilities and the public, to give them an early and
effective opportunity within appropriate time frames to express their opinion on the
draft plan and the accompanying environmental report before the adoption of the plan
(Articles 6.1, 6.2)
• other EU Member States, where the implementation of the plan is likely to have
significant effects on the environment in these countries (Article 7)
Taking the environmental report and the results of the consultations into account in
decision-making (Article 8)
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