Practice question
A State tailors the content of an industrial project’s EIA through domestic legislation. It argues that the national role lets it ignore the project’s magnitude and likely significant transboundary impact entirely. Under Pulp Mills paragraph 205, which is correct?
- Domestic choice means no international standard can matter
- The State’s determination must have regard to the nature and magnitude, likely adverse impact and due diligence; it is not an unlimited discretion to ignore them.
- Only the company’s preferred title matters
- Every project requires exactly the same document regardless of risk
- The Court held that all States must use one identical foreign statute
Legal references
- ICJ, Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay), Judgment, April 20, 2010, paragraphs 204-205: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/135/135-20100420-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf
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