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While the integration of appropriate assessment procedures with procedures under the EIA Directive is mandatory, for the WFD it is discretionary. Nonetheless, a number of Member States have already provided for, or are in the process of establishing, integrated procedures for cases where EIA, appropriate assessment and the WFD 4(7) assessment are all required. Streamlining these assessments is encouraged in EU guidance on the implementation of the WFD (54).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.