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The similarities between the WFD Article 4(7) assessment and those under the EIA and Habitats Directives mean that certain steps under the different procedures can be carried out together. This concerns particularly ‘screening’, ‘scoping’ and the necessary data collection. Such a streamlined approach can lead to significant cost and time savings, notably in relation to the data collection stage that can be jointly performed once the data requirements under each directive are clarified during the previous steps.

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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.