PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (Article 27 & 28)
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PARTIV
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
Article 27
Objectives
The objectives of this Part are to:
(a) Operationalize the provisions of the Convention on environmental impact
assessment for areas beyond national jurisdiction by establishing processes, thresholds and
other requirements for conducting and reporting assessments by Parties;
(b) Ensure that activities covered by this Part are assessed and conducted to
prevent, mitigate and manage significant adverse impacts for the purpose of protecting and
preserving the marine environment;
(c) Support the consideration of cumulative impacts and impacts in areas within
national jurisdiction;
(d) Provide for strategic environmental assessments;
(e) Achieve a coherent environmental impact assessment framework for
activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction;
(f) Build and strengthen the capacity of Parties, particularly developing States
Parties, in particular the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries,
geographically disadvantaged States, small island developing States, coastal African
States, archipelagic States and developing middle-income countries, to prepare, conduct
and evaluate environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental assessments
in support of the objectives of this Agreement.
Article 28
Obligation to conduct environmental impact assessments
1. Parties shall ensure that the potential impacts on the marine environment of planned
activities under their jurisdiction or control that take place in areas beyond national
jurisdiction are assessed as set out in this Part before they are authorized.
2. When a Party with jurisdiction or control over a planned activity that :0.0to be
conducted in marine areas within national jurisdiction determines that the activity may
cause substantial pollution of or significant and harmful changes to the marine environment
in areas beyond national jurisdiction, that Party shall ensure that an environmental impact
assessment of such activity is conducted in accordance with this Part or that an
environmental impact assessment is conducted under the Party's national process. A Party
conducting such an assessment under its national process shall:
(a)Make relevant information available through the Clearing-House Mechanism,
in a timely manner, during the national process.
b) Ensure that the activity is monitored in a manner consistent with the
requirements of process;
(c)
c) Ensure that environmental impact assessment reports and any relevant
monitoring reports are made available through the Clearing-House Mechanism as set out
in this Agreement.
Upon receiving the information referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above, the Scientifice
and Technical Body may provide comments to the Party with jurisdiction or control over
the planned activity.