This Regulation of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, which is composed of 16 articles and one Annex, establishes: (a) criteria for assessment of significant impacts of a plan or program on the environment in the process of a comprehensive environmental impact assessment (EIA). The Ministry of the Environment must comply with the rules governing the procedure for comprehensive environmental impact assessment for each plan and must assess whether it is likely that the plan will significantly affect the environment, taking into account the characteristics of the plan, the nature of the effects and the areas likely to be affected, and the importance and vulnerability of the area. Detailed criteria for evaluating major impacts are: (a) the characteristics of the plan; (b) the effects and characteristics of areas likely to be affected by the impact of the plan; (c) the importance and vulnerability of the area likely to be affected.