This Circular gives guidance on the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No 293) as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Amendment) Regulations 2006 – SI 2006 No XXXX. A reference in this Circular to ‘the Regulations’ means the 1999 regulations as amended by the 2006 regulations. The Regulations implement Council Directive No. 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the EIA Directive), as amended by Council Directive No. 97/11/EC and Article 3 of Council Directive 2003/35/EC, in so far as it applies to development under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. In this Circular, references to ‘the Directive’ mean the Directive as amended.