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H.4. Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental As-
sessment Activities

H.4.1. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Activities

Environmental Impact Assessment studies have been put into practice in Türkiye with the pub-
lication of the “Environmental Impact Assessment By-law” in the Official Gazette dated 7 Feb-
ruary 1993 and numbered 21489, based on Article 10 of the Environmental Law No. 2872. The By-
law has been updated from time to time both to resolve the problems encountered in practice
and due to the EU harmonization process, and the latest Environmental Impact Assessment By-
law (EIAL) in force was published in the Official Gazette dated 29/07/2022 and numbered 31907.

Table 99 2020 - 2023 Number of EIA Decisions Issued by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate
Change Number of EIA Decisions
EIA PROCESS
NO EIA
YEAR EIA POSITIVE EIA NEGATIVE EIA REQUIRED CANCELLED
REQUIRED RETURNED
2020 390 6 2,822 58 514

2021 371 3 3,224 87 590
2022 437 4 4,025 82 745

2023 511 10 4,224 55 780
Within the scope of EIAL, the EIA Positive or Negative Decision for the projects in the Annex-1
List is given by the MoEUCC, and the EIA Required or Not Required Decision for the projects in the
Annex-2 List is given by the Provincial Directorates of Environment, Urbanization and Climate
Change.

H.4.2. Strategic Environmental Assessment Activities

The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) By-law was published in the Official Gazette
numbered 30032 on April 8, 2017 and started to be implemented. The By-law covers the ad-
ministrative and technical procedures and principles regarding the conduct of Strategic Envi-
ronmental Assessment, having it conducted, monitoring and providing training for the plans/
programs that constitute the framework for the projects included in the Annex-1 and Annex-2
lists of the Environmental Impact Assessment By-law, prepared for the waste management,
fisheries, energy, coastal management, spatial planning, forestry, industry, water management,
agriculture, telecommunications, tourism and transportation sectors and published in the Offi-
cial Gazette numbered 31907 dated 29.07.2022.
Transition of the By-law to implementation according to sectors;

y For plans/programs subject to SEA prepared in coastal management, spatial planning, water
management, agriculture and tourism sectors, it started from the date of publication of the
By-law,
y For plans/programs subject to SEA prepared in fisheries and forestry sectors, it started from
01/01 /2020,

y For plans/programs subject to SEA prepared in waste management, energy, industry, tele-
communications and transportation sectors, it started from 01/01 /2023.

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