ABSTRACT

The Commission shall immediately forward the documents received to the other Member States.

The Commission shall report annually to the Council on the application of this paragraph.

The environmental impact assessment shall identify, describe and assess in an appropriate manner, in the light of each individual case and in accordance with Articles 4 to 11, the direct and indirect effects of a project on the following factors:

• human beings, fauna and flora; • soil, water, air, climate and the landscape; • material assets and the cultural heritage; • the interaction between the factors mentioned

in the first, second and third indents.