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The result of the strategic environmental assessment is the Environmental Report1 (hereinafter referred to as the Report), which includes recommendations for prevention and mitigation of adverse environmental impacts and measures to support the development of the whole Kolacrtic region and of the Russian programme area in particular.2 In order to ensure proper implementation o f the Directive, the European Commission has developed Guidelines for the implementation o f strategic environmental assessment3. As the Programme seeks to contribute to sustainable development of outermost Northern regions in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway, the strategic assessment procedure also takes into account the national legislation and practices adopted in these countries. Thus, when preparing a strategic environmental assessment for the Russian programme area, an integrated approach was adopted to ensure implementation o f both the provisions of the European Commission Directive and the national legislation o f the Russian Federation. The specifics of the Russian regulations are presented in section 1.1 “Review o f strategic environmental assessment in Russia”, o f the EU regulations — in section 1.2 “Review of strategic environmental assessment in relation to CBC Kolarctic Programme 2021-2027”. Employees of the Kolarctic CBC Russian branch-office Julia Korshunova and Olga Klisheva are thanked for the administrative support of the project. ' https://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/eia/pdi7030923_sea_guidance.pdf Note: when translating the term "Environmental Report” into Russian, a verbatim translation of the term is used, given the translation customary adopted in Russia (see the draft Environmental Assessment Protocol: http://govemment.ru/en/all/3274/) 2Section 11 "Assessment and Recommendations" ' https://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/eia/pdf/030923_sea_guidance.pdf 7