The environmental impact assessment may be integrated into the existing procedures for consent to projects in the Member States, or, failing this, into other procedures or into procedures to be established to comply with the aims of this Directive.
Presojo vplivov na okolje se lahko vključi v obstoječe postopke za izdajo soglasja za izvedbo projektov v državah članicah, oziroma, če to ne gre, v druge postopke ali v postopke, ki se jih mora uvesti za usklajevanje s cilji te direktive.