Posts tagged #Environmental impact
All PostsAmendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment Act
Public LawThe long-awaited amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (UVP-G) was published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) on 22 March 2023. The aim of the amendment is to accelerate procedures, especially for energy transition projec...
Report on vignette exemption for freeway sections near the border
Public LawThe amendment to the Federal Road Toll Act 2002 (Bundesstraßen-Mautgesetz, BStMG) passed by the National Council on 13 November 2019 was supposed to solve the problem: Due to the existing toll obligation in Austria, there was "almost continuous evasi...