The evolution of a more strategic approach to environmental assessment.
1993–1999 January 1993 legislation on the Provision on the
Environmental validity review of administrative plans and
projects based on Article 11 of the
Framework Act on Environmental Policy (applies to plans
requiring inter-governmental consultation—no stipulation
on list of plans to be assessed).
1999–2004 The Framework Act on Environmental Policy amended
in 1999 and again in 2002 (covers 17 plans under FAEP and
31 plans under other legislation, from diverse ministries).
2005–present The Framework Act on Environmental Policy amended in 2005 and
prepared for the implementation of the Strategic Environmental
Assessment (83 plans under FAEP—legal basis consolidated into the
FAEP).