European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 93 of 1999).

The purpose of these Regulations is implement provisions of Directive 97/11/EC relating to environmental impact assessment in Ireland. These Regulations contain amendments to the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 to 1998, and to provisions relating to environmental impact assessment in Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1998, and a number of other Acts. The amendments enable a person who is required to submit an environmental impact statement in respect of a proposed development to request the competent authority concerned to provide an opinion on the information to be contained in the statement. They also re-state and extend certain existing provisions, including those relating to the classes of development which require an environmental impact statement, and the procedures to be followed in the case of a proposed development which would be located on an environmentally sensitive site or be likely to have significant effects on the environment in another Member State of the European Communities.