This Regulation lays down administrative and technical procedures and principles governing Environmental Impact Assessments. This Regulation shall apply to: (I) application and evaluation procedures according to the types of projects, (II) administrative and technical procedures and principles to be followed in the Environmental Impact Assessment process, (III) monitoring, control and inspection of application, pre-construction, construction, operation and post-operation processes of projects within the scope of Environmental Impact Assessment, and (IV) capacity building to ensure effective EIA system in environmental management. According to Article 5, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change is authorized to decide whether the Environmental Impact Assessment is positive, negative, required or not required for the projects subject to this Regulation, and the Ministry may also give authorization to the governorates. Annex I lists the types of projects requiring EIA report and Annex II lists the types of projects subject to preliminary survey and evaluation.