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Home > News and agenda > Submission of the environmental authorization file for the first sector of the CSNE project
Within the framework of the regulations of the Environment Code, the works of the Seine-Nord Europe canal project are subject to environmental authorization under Article L. 181-1 of the Environment Code.
This authorization covers different areas: authorization under the law on water and aquatic environments, derogation from the regulations relating to protected species and clearing authorization.
The file was submitted on April 15, 2019. The environmental authorization instruction must take place over 16 months. It comprises 3 successive phases:
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