ANNEX IIPROJECTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(2)

2.EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY

(a)

Quarries, open-cast mining and peat extraction (projects not included in Annex I);

(b)

Underground mining;

(c)

Extraction of minerals by marine or fluvial dredging;

(d)Deep drillings, in particular:

  1. (i)

    geothermal drilling;

  2. (ii)

    drilling for the storage of nuclear waste material;

  3. (iii)

    drilling for water supplies;

with the exception of drillings for investigating the stability of the soil;

(e)

Surface industrial installations for the extraction of coal, petroleum, natural gas and ores, as well as bituminous shale.