The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
These Regulations amend the Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”). The 2000 Regulations implement, in relation to pipe-line installations, Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997. These Regulations implement Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003. Directive 2003/35/EC provides for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amends, with regard to public participation and access to justice, Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC.