Environment : effects of public and private projects (amend. Directive 85/337/EEC)

The Commission considered that the common position represented a satisfactory compromise. The extension to Annex I was particularly welcome. The provisions on "scoping" could be more stringent and their efficacy needed to be studied in practice. The Commission approved of the reference to alternatives in the list of minimum information and welcomed the inclusion of the basic principles of the Espoo Convention which would be applicable to all projects evaluated under the directive.�