Plans to revise the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (EIA) ignore the additional financial and administrative burden it will create for Europe's local governments, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) has warned. The Committee also argues that the European Commission proposal, which seek to revise environmental assessment legislation for major projects, must remain far more flexible in its approach and does not give enough consideration to the differing planning procedures that exist across Member States.
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