ANNEX VI

The manual of procedures referred to in Article 9(1) shall at least specify: the relevant law upon which decisions and opinions are based for the different types of relevant projects of common interest, including environmental law; the relevant decisions and opinions to be obtained; the names and contact details of the Competent Authority, other authorities and major stakeholders concerned; the work flow, outlining each stage in the process, including an indicative time frame and a concise overview of the decision-making process; information about the scope, structure and level of detail of documents to be submitted with the application for decisions, including a checklist; the stages and means for the general public to participate in the process. The detailed schedule referred to in Article 10(4)(b) shall specify as a minimum the following: the decisions and opinions to be obtained; the authorities, stakeholders, and the public likely to be concerned; the individual stages of the procedure and their duration; major milestones to be accomplished and their deadlines in view of the comprehensive decision to be taken; the resources planned by the authorities and possible additional resource needs. To increase public participation in the permit granting process and ensure in advance information and dialogue with the public, the following principles shall be applied: The stakeholders affected by a project of common interest, including relevant national, regional and local authorities, landowners and citizens living in the vicinity of the project, the general public and their associations, organisations or groups, shall be extensively informed and consulted at an early stage, when potential concerns by the public can still be taken into account and in an open and transparent manner. Where relevant, the competent authority shall actively support the activities undertaken by the project promoter. Competent authorities shall ensure that public consultation procedures for projects of common interest are grouped together where possible. Each public consultation shall cover all subject matters relevant to the particular stage of the procedure, and one subject matter relevant to the particular stage of the procedure shall not be addressed in more than one public consultation; however, one public consultation may take place in more than one geographical location. The subject matters addressed by a public consultation shall be clearly indicated in the notification of the public consultation. Comments and objections shall be admissible from the beginning of the public consultation until the expiry of the deadline only. The concept for public participation shall at least include information about: the stakeholders concerned and addressed; the measures envisaged, including proposed general locations and dates of dedicated meetings; the timeline; the human resources allocated to the respective tasks. In the context of the public consultation to be carried out before submission of the application file, the relevant parties shall at least: publish an information leaflet of no more than 15 pages, giving, in a clear and concise manner, an overview of the purpose and preliminary timetable of the project, the national grid development plan, alternative routes considered, expected impacts, including of cross-border nature, and possible mitigation measures, which shall be published prior to the start of the consultation; The information leaflet shall furthermore list the web addresses of the transparency platform referred to in Article 18 and of the manual of procedures referred to in point (1); inform all stakeholders affected about the project through the website referred to in Article 9(7) and other appropriate information means; invite in written form relevant affected stakeholders to dedicated meetings, during which concerns shall be discussed. The project website shall make available as a minimum the following: the information leaflet referred to in point (5); a non-technical and regularly updated summary of no more than 50 pages reflecting the current status of the project and clearly indicating, in case of updates, changes to previous versions; the project and public consultation planning, clearly indicating dates and locations for public consultations and hearings and the envisaged subject matters relevant for those hearings; contact details in view of obtaining the full set of application documents; contact details in view of conveying comments and objections during public consultations.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-30 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.