[Reporting on environmental effects (author's transl)]

This form of reporting was started in the USA in 1969. In the Netherlands, the government initiated a discussion on environmental effects in 1974, which resulted in nine trials that were completed in 1979. The enactment of a Reporting Environmental Effects Act will have to be taken into account in the future. A report on environmental effects is a public document announcing an intention to act and a description of the anticipated effects of this action on the environment. This document is drawn up for the purposes of the decision that will have to be reached with regard to this intention (issuing a permit by the authorities). A report on environmental effects will be required when extensive or far-reaching effects on the environment of that which is intended can be expected. This expectation may be based, among others, on the extent and character of emissions and existent activities in the area in which the company intends to establish itself. Organized farming will have to take into account the fact that experts in the field of environmental health are engaged as fully qualified technicians in drawing up the report on environmental effects.