Division (a) General information

description of the main environmental features and problems of the region concerned, giving, inter alia, a description of the important conservation areas (sensitive zones),

a comprehensive description of the major beneficial and harmful effects that the programme, given the investments planned, is likely to have on the environment,

a description of the action planned to prevent, reduce or offset any serious harmful effects on the environment,

a report on consultations with the responsible environmental authorities (opinion of the Ministry for the Environment or its equivalent) and, if there were any such consultations, with the public concerned.