The EC directive on strategic environmental assessment: A much-needed boost for environmental integration

European Environmental Law Review

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 331-347

  Sheate, William R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0346462909     PISSN: 09661646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/eia/sea-legalcontext.htm#adopt.
2. Sheate, W.R, Dagg, S, Richardson, J, Aschemann, R, Palerm, J and Steen, U 'Integrating the Environment into Strategic Decision-Making: Conceptualizing Policy SEA' (2003) European Environment, 13 (1), 1-18.
3. Stuffman, C. (1979), Minutes of evidence taken before the European Communities Committee (UK House of Lords, Sub-Committee G, Environment), 23.1.79,
4. G. Wandesforde-Smith 'Environmental Impact Assessment in the European Community' (Pre-print to publication (in 1979) in Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik, 1978).
5. UK Department of the Environment (1993) Environmental Appraisal of Development Plans: A Good Practice Guide (HMSO: London, 1993).
6. Fergusson M, Coffey, C, Wilkinson, D, Baldock, D, Farmer, A, Kraemer, R A and Mazurek, A-G The Effectiveness of EU Council Intergration Strategies and Options for Carrying Forward the 'Cardiff' Process (IEEP/Ecologic: 2001)).
7. Cerny, R. J and Sheate, W.R 'Strategic Environmental Assessment: Amending the EA Directive' (1992) Environmental Policy and Law, 22/3:154-159.
8. Sheate, W.R. Making an Impact: A Guide to EIA Law and Policy (Cameron May: London, 1994)
9. Commission of the European Communities (1996), Proposal for a Council Directive on the assessment of certain plans and programmes on the environment, COM (96) 511 final, 4 December 1996.
10. Von Seht, H. and Wood, C. 'The Proposed European Directive on Environmental Assessment: Evolution and Evaluation' (1998) Environmental Policy and Law, 28 (5), 242-250.
11. UK Department of the Environment Environmental Appraisal of Development Plans: A Good Practice Guide (HMSO: London, 1993).
12. Commission of the European Communities (1998a), Amended Proposal for a Council Directive on the assessment of certain plans and programmes on the environment, COM (99) 73 final, December 1998.
13. Commission of The European Communities (1998b), Strategic Environment Assessment: Report of the Workshop, Semmering, Austria, 5-7 October 1998;
14. Commission of the European Communities (1998c), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Europe, 4th European Workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment, DGXI;
15. .
16. http://www3.europarl.eu.int/omk/omnsapir.so/debatsL5?FILE= 20000906EN&LANGUE=EN&LEVEL=TOCI, accessed 3 November 2003.
17. Birdlife International Justification for the legal basis of the Directive on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment (the SEA Directive) (Birdlife International Briefing Document: 2001).
18. Sheate, W.R. 'Environmental Integration and Sustainable Development in the EU: Changing Conceptions and Potential for Conflict in Environmental Assessment' (2003) Environmental Policy and Law, 33 (5): 222-233.
19. Byron, H. Biodiversity and Environmental Impact Assessment: A Good Practice Guide for Road Schemes (The RSPB, WWF-UK, English Nature and the Wildlife Trusts: Sandy, 2000).6.
20. Therivel, R., Wilson, E., Thompson, S., Heaney, D. and Pritchard, D. Strategic Environmental Assessment (Earthscan: London, 1992).
21. Sadler, B. and Verheem, R. Strategic Environmental Assessment: Status, Challenges and Future Directions (Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands: 1996).
22. Wilkinson, D. (1998), Steps Towards Integrating the Environment into Other EU Policy Sectors, in O'Riordan, T. and Voisey, H (eds.) (1998), The Transition to Sustainability: The Politics of Agenda 21 in Europe, Earthscan, London.
23. Commission of the European Communities (2003) at http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/integration/ integration_history.htm, accessed 18 May 2003.
24. Sheate, W.R., Dagg, S., Richardson, J., Aschemann, R., Palerm, J. and Steen, U. (2001). SEA and Integration of the Environment into Strategic Decision-Making (Volumes 1-3),
25. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/eia/sea-support.htm#int,
26. Sheate, W.R, Dagg, S, Richardson, J, Aschemann, R, Palerm, J and Steen, U (2003), Integrating the Environment into Strategic Decision-Making: Conceptualizing Policy SEA, European Environment, 13 (1), 1-18.
27. Commission of the European Communities, (2003), Implementation of Directive 2001/42/EC on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment, DG Environment 23 September 2003, available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ eia/030923_sea_guidance.pdf.
28. Environment Agency (2001), Water Resources for the Future: A Strategy for England and Wales, Environment Agency, Bristol.
29. Scottish Executive (2003), Strategic Environmental Assessment, News Release SENW532/2003, 28 May 2003, avialable online at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2003/05/SENW523.aspx, accessed 15 October 2003.
30. Bradley, K (1999), Environmental Appraisal of Regional Development Plans in the Context of the Structural Funds, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 19:245-257.
31. Commission of the European Communities (1998), A Handbook on Environmental Assessment of Regional Development Plans and EU Structural Funds Programmes, European Commission.
32. Clement, K (2001), Strategic Environmental Awakening: European Progress in Regional Environmental Integration, European Environment, 75-88.
33. Cooper, L. M. and Sheate, W. R. (2003), Integrating Cumulative Effects Assessment into UK Strategic Planning: Implications of the EU SEA Directive, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 21 (4) (in press, December 2003).
34. Cooper, L. M. (2003), Draft Guidance on Cumulative Effects Assessment of Plans, EPMG Occasional Paper 03/LMC/CEA, Imperial College London, available at http://www.env.ic.ac.uk/research/epmg/ CooperCEAGuidance.pdf.
35. Birdlife International (1999), The Amended Proposal for a Council Directive on Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment (COM (96) 511 and COM (99) 73) - Comments by Birdlife International October 1999, p.1.
36. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2002), Draft guidance on the strategic environmental assessment Directive, ODPM October 2002, available at http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/ documents/page/odpm_plan_605912.hcsp.
37. UNECE (1998), Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, 23-25 June 1998,
38. WWF and Birdlife International (2001), Recommendations for conciliation on the proposed SEA Directive, January 2001, p.1.
39. nd edition), Cameron May, London, pp 140-147.
40. Byron, H. and Sheate, W.R. (1997), Strategic Environmental Assessment: Current Status in the Water and Electricity Sectors in England and Wales, Environmental Policy and Practice 6 (4), 155-165.
41. Risse, R, Crowley, M, Vincke, P and Waaub, J-P (2003), Implementing the European SEA Directive: The Member States' Margin of Discretion, EIA Review, 23, at p. 466.