8 Amendments of Daniël van der STOEP related to 2012/0297(COD)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Over the last decade, environmental issues, such as resource efficiency, biodiversity, climate change, and disaster risks, have become more important in policy making and should therefore also constitute critical elements in assessment and decision-making processes, especially for infrastructure projects.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity ("the Convention"), to which the European Union is party, requires assessment, as far as possible and as appropriate, of the significant adverse effects of projects on biological diversity, which is defined in Article 2 of the Convention, with a view to avoiding or minimising such effects. This prior assessment of impacts shouldmight contribute to attaining the Union headline target adopted on 2010 of halting biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystem services by 2020 and restoring them where feasible.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) When determining whether significant environmental effects are likely to be caused, the competent authorities should may identify the most relevant criteria to be considered and use the additional information that may be available following other assessments required by Union legislation in order to apply the screening procedure effectively. In this regard, it is appropriate to specify the content of the screening decision, in particular where no environmental assessment is required.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The environmental report of a project to be provided by the developer shouldmay include an assessment of reasonable alternatives relevant to the proposed project, including the likely evolution of the existing state of the environment without implementation of the project (baseline scenario), as a means to improve quality of the assessment process and to allow integrating environmental considerations at an early stage in the project’s design.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) With a view to ensuring transparency and accountability, the competent authority should be required tomay substantiate its decision to grant development consent in respect of a project, indicating that it has taken into consideration the results of the consultations carried out and the relevant information gathered.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure thea simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
2011/92/EU
Article 3 – point a
Article 3 – point a
(a) population, human health, and biodiversity, with particular attention to species and humand habitats protected under Council Directive 92/43/EEC(*) and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(**)ealth;