42It follows that the competent national authorities, when they receive a request for development consent for an Annex II project, must carry out a specific evaluation as to whether, taking account of the criteria set out in Annex III to that directive, an environmental impact assessment should be carried out (see, to that effect, judgment in Mellor, C‑75/08, EU:C:2009:279, paragraph 51).
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