41Thus, the criteria and thresholds referred to in Article 4(2)(b) of Directive 85/337 are designed to facilitate examination of the actual characteristics of any given project in order to determine whether it is subject to the requirement to carry out an environmental impact assessment (judgment in Salzburger Flughafen, EU:C:2013:203, paragraph 30).
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