Recognizing that strategic environmental assessment should have an important role in the preparation and adoption of plans, programmes, and, to the extent appropriate, policies and legislation, and that the wider application of the principles of environmental impact assessment to plans, programmes, policies and legislation will further strengthen the systematic analysis of their significant environmental effects,
ob spoznanju, da bi morala imeti strateška presoja vplivov na okolje pomembno vlogo pri pripravi in sprejemanju načrtov, programov in v primernem obsegu politik in zakonodaje ter da bo širša uporaba načel strateške presoje vplivov na okolje v zvezi z načrti, programi, politikami in zakonodajo še naprej krepila sistematično analiziranje njihovih pomembnih posledic za okolje,