EIA
The role of EIAs
The role of environmental impact assessments and the rules for their conduct
The rules for conducting environmental impact assessments are defined in the Act of 3 October 2008 on sharing information on the environment and its protection, public participation in environmental protection, and on environmental impact assessments. The document is a set of legal regulations in the area of environmental impact assessments, that stem from the provisions of international and Community law, i.e. primarily from:
The environmental impact assessment system is a set of tools used in the broadly understood process of planning projects and activities that may have an impact on the environment, in order to reduce their negative impact. Further actions that can be taken to protect the environment, also at the operational stage of the project, will very often depend on the quality of the environmental impact assessment.
Environmental impact assessments (strategic, for projects and cross-border assessments) are the key tools of EU and international environmental policy and protection of natural values at risk as a result of the implementation of the provisions of plans and programs and the implementation of projects. In the case of documents and projects implemented abroad that may affect the environment in Poland, international law allows the state authorities and Polish society to participate in such procedure, and thus to efficiently protect the environment.
A properly conducted environmental impact assessment has a significant impact on granting co-financing for the implementation of projects with EU funds, which is noticed not only by investors but also entities in charge of the allocation of funds.