Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 amending Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment Official Journal L 073, 14/03/1997 pp. 0005 - 0015 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s (1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1) ,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2) ,Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3) ,Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty (4) ,(1) Whereas Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (5) aims at providing the competent authorities with relevant information to enable them to take a decision on a specific project in full knowledge of the project' s likely significant impact on the environment; wh...