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).
23/07/2013
Quality Award Bruno Agricola - First edition
On 15 July, on the occasion of the Workshop "The Strategic Environmental Assessment in the new EU programming cycle 2014-2020" was organized a session dedicated to the results of the first edition of the Quality Award Bruno Agricola for quality practices in the preparation of Non-Technical Summary in the process of Environmental assessment.
11/07/2013
July 15, 2013: Workshop "The SEA in the new EU programming cycle 2014-2020"
The Directorate for the Environmental Assessment of the MoE organizes in Rome the Workshop "The Strategic Environmental Assessment in the new EU programming cycle 2014-2020".
28/06/2013
The EU adopted the Directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas activities
On the 10th of June 2013 was adopted the Directive on the safety of offshore activities related to oil and gas amending Directive 2004/35/EC.
15/04/2013
The Ministry of Economic Development – Directorate-General for mineral and energy resources - has recently published (Supplement to the Official Bulletin for Hydrocarbons and Earth Resources, Year 57 No. 2 of 28/02/2013) the study "The Sea" dedicated to the research activities and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the sea.
09/04/2013
Climate Change and Biodiversity: SEA and EIA guidelines of the European Commission
The European Commission has prepared the Guidelines for the integration of the themes of "Climate Change" and "Biodiversity" in the Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment.
25/03/2013
EIA Directive - Judgments of the Court of Justice
The Court of Justice is the judicial authority of the EU that ensures compliance with the EU rules and their uniform application in all Member States.
19/03/2013
The Lazio Region has approved the Executive Determines no. 20/02/2013 A01160 of the "Guidelines for Environmental Impact Studies related to the implementation of plans and / or coastal defence works."