5.2.1. Opportunities for and benefits of streamlining EIA/SEA and appropriate assessment

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There are several advantages to streamlining EIA/SEA and appropriate assessments. They can, for instance, help to better understand the relationships between different environmental factors, avoid duplication of assessments, contribute to making more efficient use of resources needed to carry out the assessments, and enable better coordination in permitting procedures. Key elements for effective streamlining of appropriate assessment and EIA/SEA include: close cooperation between responsible authorities; adequate scoping, which is a common practice in the EIA and SEA procedures; close cooperation and proper information exchange between the experts preparing the EIA/SEA and the experts conducting the appropriate assessment (e.g. information about noise, air, water, soil issues by the respective expert to the expert in biodiversity); quality control by the competent authority; clear and distinct conclusions for each of the streamlined assessment procedures. Several provisions of the EIA and SEA Directives are relevant to the Article 6(3) appropriate assessment and can contribute to its quality in the context of streamlined implementation. They include:

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