Principle of Ensuring Environmental Impact Assessment Compliance (Law No. 4734, Article 5)

The principle of ensuring environmental impact assessment compliance is one of the fundamental principles of Law No. 4734. Contracting authorities are required, in works for which an environmental impact assessment report is required under the relevant legislation, to obtain a favourable assessment decision before launching the tender. This ensures that public authorities meet their requirements on appropriate terms and in good time and use resources efficiently, and it is the Law's principal provision directed at preventing harm to environmental values in tendered works.