23/12/2013
Updating of the technical specifications in digital format
The updating of the Technical specifications for the preparation and filing of documents in digital format for the SEA and EIA procedures under Decree 152/2006 as amended shared with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism has been published.
18/12/2013
Online the Guidelines for the Environmental Monitoring Project of works subject to EIA
The "Guidelines for the Environmental Monitoring Project of works subject to EIA" are made available for public consultation in order to receive helpful comments and suggestions from those involved in the process of EIA (mainly Public Administrations and Developers) so that the Guidelines can better respond to the objectives they pursue.
13/12/2013
The public consultation on the potential environmental effects of the CENTRAL EUROPE Operational Programme 2020 under the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC has started on 9 December 2013 and will last until 3 February 2014.
10/12/2013
Workshop "The role of environmental assessments in planning and design of harbour works"
The Directorate for the Environmental Assessments of the Ministry of Environment Land and Sea in collaboration with the Region of Sicily organized the Workshop "The role of environmental assessments in planning and design of harbour works" held on the 10th of December 2013 in Palermo.
02/12/2013
The Company Basell Poliolefine Italia srl. on the 16th of May 2013 submitted an application for environmental compatibility for the project "Changing the Torches system supplying the installation".
06/11/2013
Guidelines of the European Commission on Climate Change and Biodiversity (SEA and EIA)
In April 2013 the European Commission published the Guidelines for the integration of "Climate Change" and "Biodiversity" issues in SEA and EIA.
22/10/2013
On 22 October 2013 was held in Rome the workshop " Guidelines for EIA Screening (Article 23 Law n.97/2013) and for the Environmental Monitoring of works subject to national EIA" organized by the Directorate for Environmental Assessments of the MoE as part of the National Operational Programme "Governance and System Actions" 2007-2013.
20/09/2013
JASPERS: Guidelines for Environmental Assessment in the new programming cycle 2014-2020
JASPERS has presented a toolkit designed to support the environmental authorities of the Member States adopting the SEA and EIA strategies that can meet the requirements of ex-ante conditionality for the new programming cycle of EU funds 2014-2020.
19/09/2013
Redefined marine areas open to hydrocarbons exploration
With the Ministerial Decree of the 9th of August 2013 the Ministry of Economic Development has redefined marine areas within which it is possible apply for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the implementation of the provisions already introduced by art. 6, paragraph 17 of the Legislative Decree no. 152/2006 as amended by Law 7 August 2012 no. 134 "Urgent measures for the growth of the Country."
19/09/2013
Law 98/2013: National EIA for pilot geothermal plants
Law 98/2013, converting Decree Law n.69/2013 "Urgent provisions to relaunch the economy" makes specific changes to the energy sector and in particular to Legislative Decree 22/2010, as regards pilot geothermal plants whose competence goes from Regions to State (Article 41, paragraphs 7-bis, 7 ter, 7-quater of the Law 98/2013).