02/12/2013
The Company Basell Poliolefine Italia srl. on the 16th of May 2013 submitted an application for environmental compatibility for the project "Changing the Torches system supplying the installation".
06/11/2013
Guidelines of the European Commission on Climate Change and Biodiversity (SEA and EIA)
In April 2013 the European Commission published the Guidelines for the integration of "Climate Change" and "Biodiversity" issues in SEA and EIA.
22/10/2013
On 22 October 2013 was held in Rome the workshop " Guidelines for EIA Screening (Article 23 Law n.97/2013) and for the Environmental Monitoring of works subject to national EIA" organized by the Directorate for Environmental Assessments of the MoE as part of the National Operational Programme "Governance and System Actions" 2007-2013.
20/09/2013
JASPERS: Guidelines for Environmental Assessment in the new programming cycle 2014-2020
JASPERS has presented a toolkit designed to support the environmental authorities of the Member States adopting the SEA and EIA strategies that can meet the requirements of ex-ante conditionality for the new programming cycle of EU funds 2014-2020.
19/09/2013
Redefined marine areas open to hydrocarbons exploration
With the Ministerial Decree of the 9th of August 2013 the Ministry of Economic Development has redefined marine areas within which it is possible apply for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the implementation of the provisions already introduced by art. 6, paragraph 17 of the Legislative Decree no. 152/2006 as amended by Law 7 August 2012 no. 134 "Urgent measures for the growth of the Country."
19/09/2013
Law 98/2013: National EIA for pilot geothermal plants
Law 98/2013, converting Decree Law n.69/2013 "Urgent provisions to relaunch the economy" makes specific changes to the energy sector and in particular to Legislative Decree 22/2010, as regards pilot geothermal plants whose competence goes from Regions to State (Article 41, paragraphs 7-bis, 7 ter, 7-quater of the Law 98/2013).
23/07/2013
Quality Award Bruno Agricola - First edition
On 15 July, on the occasion of the Workshop "The Strategic Environmental Assessment in the new EU programming cycle 2014-2020" was organized a session dedicated to the results of the first edition of the Quality Award Bruno Agricola for quality practices in the preparation of Non-Technical Summary in the process of Environmental assessment.
11/07/2013
July 15, 2013: Workshop "The SEA in the new EU programming cycle 2014-2020"
The Directorate for the Environmental Assessment of the MoE organizes in Rome the Workshop "The Strategic Environmental Assessment in the new EU programming cycle 2014-2020".
28/06/2013
The EU adopted the Directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas activities
On the 10th of June 2013 was adopted the Directive on the safety of offshore activities related to oil and gas amending Directive 2004/35/EC.
15/04/2013
The Ministry of Economic Development – Directorate-General for mineral and energy resources - has recently published (Supplement to the Official Bulletin for Hydrocarbons and Earth Resources, Year 57 No. 2 of 28/02/2013) the study "The Sea" dedicated to the research activities and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the sea.