Single Environmental Opinion

The reform on the Single Environmental Opinion (JES) aims to simplify and streamline the environmental permitting process. The competent authority issuing the JES will be the regional authority in defined cases. 

Administrative acts issued by nature conservation authorities in specially protected areas, sites of European importance and bird areas will not be integrated into the JES. 

In these most valuable nature protection areas (where special nature protection authorities perform state administration and management), a decision of the competent nature protection authority will be necessary for the purpose of project authorisation.