74That is all the more so as certain amendments introduced by Directive 97/11 are directly relevant for assessing whether this complaint is well founded. That applies in particular to the insertion, in point 19 of Annex I to Directive 85/337, of the reference to open-cast mining projects with a surface area larger than 25 hectares, which implies that the latter do not have to form the subject-matter of an assessment pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 85/337 as amended unless they concern applications for authorisation submitted after 14 March 1999.
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