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Project splitting in environmental impact assessment Enríquez de Salamanca Sánchez-Cámara, Álvaro EIA Project splitting Salami-slicing Spain Medio ambiente natural 5902.08 Política del Medio Ambiente Article History: received 20 january 2016accepted 15 February 2016 This work has received support of the Spanish Programof Research, Development and Innovation under project[CTM2014-56668-R] This paper discusses project splitting in environmental impact assessment (EIA), investigatingthe current state of knowledge through literature, legislation, case-law and practice, discussingproblems and providing solutions. The focus is on Spain, but many of the conclusions areapplicable worldwide. Project splitting is a much more common practice than generallyaccepted. The main efforts have been focused on preventing salami-slicing as a mechanismto avoid the EIA, but it is a much more complex problem, with different ways of splitting andreasons for doing so. Measures to avoid this practice should include strengthening the strategicenvironmental assessment, a greater involvement of the approval authority, specific prohibitionsin regulations, using case-by-case examinations instead of thresholds, compulsory scoping andavoid the exclusion of project parts during the EIA. Depto. de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución Fac. de Ciencias Biológicas TRUE pub 2025-10-13T10:07:41Z 2025-10-13T10:07:41Z 2016 journal article VoR https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124829 1461-5517 https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2016.1159425 1471-5465 eng Enríquez de Salamanca Á. 2016. Project splitting in environmental impact assessment. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 34(2):152-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2016.1159425 restricted access application/pdf Taylor & Francis