Collection of information and data on the implementation of the revised Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (2011/92/EU) amended by 2014/52/EU : final report

The objective of this study was to provide information and data to the Commission on the implementation of Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU (thereafter the EIA Directive). More specifically, the study aimed to collect data on the number of EIAs and screening procedures carried out in the 27 EU Member States and their breakdown by project categories, the average costs for public administrations and developers of both procedures, and their average duration. This part of the study largely draws on the Member States' reporting described in section 1.1. The results from this data collection exercise are presented in Section 2 of this report. In a second step, the study aimed, based on the analysis of 11 case studies of screening procedures and 12 of EIA procedures, to provide data and assess direct and indirect costs of undertaking EIAs and screenings for the developers, costs of both procedures for public administrations, their duration, the environmental and employment benefits arising from the completion of these procedures. The findings from this work are provided in Section 3 of this report.