where the
amount extracted exceeds 500 tonnes/day in the case of

    petroleum and
500 000 m3/day in the case of gas.

 

15. Dams and other installations designed for the holding
back or

    permanent
storage of water, where a new or additional amount of water

    held back or
stored exceeds 10 million cubic metres.

 

16. Pipelines for the transport of gas, oil or chemicals
with a

    diameter of
more than 800 mm and a length of more than 40 km.

 

17. Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or
pigs with

    more than:

 

(a) 85 000 places for broilers, 60 000 places for hens;

 

(b) 3 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg); or

 

(c) 900 places for sows.

 

18. Industrial plants for the

 

(a) production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous
materials;

 

(b) production of paper and board with a production
capacity

    exceeding 200
tonnes per day.

 

19. Quarries and open-cast mining where the surface of
the site

    exceeds 25
hectares, or peat extraction, where the surface of the site

    exceeds 150
hectares.

 

20. Construction of overhead electrical power lines with
a voltage

    of 220 kV or
more and a length of more than 15 km.

 

21. Installations for storage of petroleum,
petrochemical, or

    chemical
products with a capacity of 200 000 tonnes or more.

 

                               ANNEX II

 

PROJECTS SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 4 (2)

 

1. Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

 

(a) Projects for the restructuring of rural land
holdings;

 

(b) Projects for the use of uncultivated land or
semi-natural areas

    for intensive
agricultural purposes;

 

(c) Water management projects for agriculture, including
irrigation

    and land
drainage projects;

 

(d) Initial afforestation and deforestation for the
purposes of

    conversion to
another type of land use;

 

(e) Intensive livestock installations (projects not
included in

    Annex I);

 

(f) Intensive fish farming;

 

(g) Reclamation of land from the sea.

 

2. Extractive industry

 

(a) Quarries, open-cast mining and peat extraction
(projects not

    included in
Annex I);

 

(b) Underground mining;

 

(c) Extraction of minerals by marine or fluvial dredging;

 

(d) Deep drillings, in particular:

 

- geothermal drilling,

 

- drilling for the storage of nuclear waste material,

 

- drilling for water supplies,

 

with the exception of drillings for investigating the
stability of

the soil;

 

(e) Surface industrial installations for the extraction
of coal,

    petroleum,
natural gas and ores, as well as bituminous shale.

 

3. Energy industry

 

(a) Industrial installations for the production of
electricity,

    steam and hot
water (projects not included in Annex I);

 

(b) Industrial installations for carrying gas, steam and
hot water;

    transmission
of electrical energy by overhead cables (projects not

    included in
Annex I);

 

(c) Surface storage of natural gas;

 

(d) Underground storage of combustible gases;

 

(e) Surface storage of fossil fuels;

 

(f) Industrial briquetting of coal and lignite;

 

(g) Installations for the processing and storage of
radioactive

    waste (unless
included in Annex I);

 

(h) Installations for hydroelectric energy production;

 

(i) Installations for the harnessing of wind power for
energy

    production
(wind farms).

 

4. Production and processing of metals

 

(a) Installations for the production of pig iron or steel
(primary

    or secondary
fusion) including continuous casting;

 

(b) Installations for the processing of ferrous metals:

 

(i) hot-rolling mills;

 

(ii) smitheries with hammers;

 

(iii) application of protective fused metal coats;

 

(c) Ferrous metal foundries;

 

(d) Installations for the smelting, including the
alloyage, of

    non-ferrous
metals, excluding precious metals, including recovered

    products
(refining, foundry casting, etc.);

 

(e) Installations for surface treatment of metals and
plastic

    materials
using an electrolytic or chemical process;

 

(f) Manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles and
manufacture of

    motor-vehicle
engines;

 

(g) Shipyards;

 

(h) Installations for the construction and repair of
aircraft;

 

(i) Manufacture of railway equipment;

 

(j) Swaging by explosives;

 

(k) Installations for the roasting and sintering of
metallic ores.

 

5. Mineral industry

 

(a) Coke ovens (dry coal distillation);

 

(b) Installations for the manufacture of cement;

 

(c) Installations for the production of asbestos and the
manufacture

    of
asbestos-products (projects not included in Annex I);

 

(d) Installations for the manufacture of glass including
glass

    fibre;

 

(e) Installations for smelting mineral substances including
the

    production of
mineral fibres;

 

(f) Manufacture of ceramic products by burning, in
particular

    roofing tiles,
bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or

    porcelain.

 

6. Chemical industry (Projects not included in Annex I)

 

(a) Treatment of intermediate products and production of
chemicals;

 

(b) Production of pesticides and pharmaceutical products,
paint and

    varnishes,
elastomers and peroxides;

 

(c) Storage facilities for petroleum, petrochemical and
chemical

    products.

 

7. Food industry

 

(a) Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats;

 

(b) Packing and canning of animal and vegetable products;

 

(c) Manufacture of dairy products;

 

(d) Brewing and malting;

 

(e) Confectionery and syrup manufacture;

 

(f) Installations for the slaughter of animals;

 

(g) Industrial starch manufacturing installations;

 

(h) Fish-meal and fish-oil factories;

 

(i) Sugar factories.

 

8. Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

 

(a) Industrial plants for the production of paper and
board

    (projects not
included in Annex I);

 

(b) Plants for the pretreatment (operations such as
washing,

    bleaching,
mercerization) or dyeing of fibres or textiles;

 

(c) Plants for the tanning of hides and skins;

 

(d) Cellulose-processing and production installations.

 

9. Rubber industry

 

Manufacture and treatment of elastomer-based products.

 

10. Infrastructure projects

 

(a) Industrial estate development projects;

 

(b) Urban development projects, including the construction
of

    shopping
centres and car parks;

 

(c) Construction of railways and intermodal transshipment

    facilities,
and of intermodal terminals (projects not included in

    Annex I);

 

(d) Construction of airfields (projects not included in
Annex I);

 

(e) Construction of roads, harbours and port
installations,

    including
fishing harbours (projects not included in Annex I);

 

(f) Inland-waterway construction not included in Annex I,

    canalization
and flood-relief works;

 

(g) Dams and other installations designed to hold water
or store it

    on a long-term
basis (projects not included in Annex I);

 

(h) Tramways, elevated and underground railways,
suspended lines or

    similar lines
of a particular type, used exclusively or mainly for

    passenger
transport;

 

(i) Oil and gas pipeline installations (projects not
included in

    Annex I);

 

(j) Installations of long-distance aqueducts;

 

(k) Coastal work to combat erosion and maritime works
capable of

    altering the
coast through the construction, for example, of dykes,

    moles, jetties
and other sea defence works, excluding the maintenance

    and
reconstruction of such works;

 

(l) Groundwater abstraction and artificial groundwater
recharge

    schemes not
included in Annex I;

 

(m) Works for the transfer of water resources between
river basins

    not included
in Annex I.

 

11. Other projects

 

(a) Permanent racing and test tracks for motorized
vehicles;

 

(b) Installations for the disposal of waste (projects not
included

    in Annex I);

 

(c) Waste-water treatment plants (projects not included
in Annex I);

 

(d) Sludge-deposition sites;

 

(e) Storage of scrap iron, including scrap vehicles;

 

(f) Test benches for engines, turbines or reactors;

 

(g) Installations for the manufacture of artificial
mineral fibres;

 

(h) Installations for the recovery or destruction of
explosive

    substances;

 

(i) Knackers' yards.

 

12. Tourism and leisure

 

(a) Ski-runs, ski-lifts and cable-cars and associated
developments;

 

(b) Marinas;

 

(c) Holiday villages and hotel complexes outside urban
areas and

    associated
developments;

 

(d) Permanent camp sites and caravan sites;

 

(e) Theme parks.

 

13. - Any change or extension of projects listed in Annex
I or Annex

    II, already
authorized, executed or in the process of being executed,

    which may have
significant adverse effects on the environment;

 

- Projects in Annex I, undertaken exclusively or mainly
for the

  development and
testing of new methods or products and not used for

  more than two
years.

 

                              ANNEX III

 

SELECTION CRITERIA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 (3)

 

1. Characteristics of projects

 

The characteristics of projects must be considered having
regard, in

particular, to:

 

- the size of the project,

 

- the cumulation with other projects,

 

- the use of natural resources,

 

- the production of waste,

 

- pollution and nuisances,

 

- the risk of accidents, having regard in particular to
substances

  or technologies
used.

 

2. Location of projects

 

The environmental sensitivity of geographical areas
likely to be

affected by projects must be considered, having regard,
in particular,

to:

 

- the existing land use,

 

- the relative abundance, quality and regenerative
capacity of

  natural
resources in the area,

 

- the absorption capacity of the natural environment,
paying

  particular
attention to the following areas:

 

(a) wetlands;

 

(b) coastal zones;

 

(c) mountain and forest areas;

 

(d) nature reserves and parks;

 

(e) areas classified or protected under Member States'
legislation;

    special
protection areas designated by Member States pursuant to

    Directive
79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC;

 

(f) areas in which the environmental quality standards
laid down in

    Community
legislation have already been exceeded;

 

(g) densely populated areas;

 

(h) landscapes of historical, cultural or archaeological

    significance.

 

3. Characteristics of the potential impact

 

The potential significant effects of projects must be
considered in

relation to criteria set out under 1 and 2 above, and
having regard in

particular to:

 

- the extent of the impact (geographical area and size of
the

  affected
population),

 

- the transfrontier nature of the impact,

 

- the magnitude and complexity of the impact,

 

- the probability of the impact,