This Decree settles the criteria and rules for the performance of EIA of projects, plants and activities determined in art. 20 and point 9 of the National Law for the Protection of the Environment. It comprises six chapters and two additional chapters. First Chapter states general principles, i.e. that EIA must be prepared by independent experts. Second Chapter determines the procedure of the preparation of an EIA. Generally, there is a preliminary study of the project in question, then a public