<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"There are a number of EU legislative acts governing the cross-border conduct of environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental assessments, including Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment and Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Despite this, however, some procedures connected with cross-border environmental impact assessments in the EU are still established on the basis of intergovernmental agreements based on the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context signed in Espoo on 25February 1991 and the Protocol thereto on Strategic Environmental Assessment signed in Kyiv on 21May 2003.The European Union is a common market, so the regulations governing the implementation of economic projects should not hinder those projects. This is particularly important in cross-border regions, which are coherent economic organisms divided by borders.In the light of the foregoing:Does the Council see the need for precise provisions to be included in EU law laying down exactly how cross-border strategic environmental assessments are to be carried out?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [7]. </s>
There are a number of EU legislative acts governing the cross-border conduct of environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental assessments, including Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment and Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Despite this, however, some procedures connected with cross-border environmental impact assessments in the EU are still established on the basis of intergovernmental agreements based on the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context signed in Espoo on 25February 1991 and the Protocol thereto on Strategic Environmental Assessment signed in Kyiv on 21May 2003.The European Union is a common market, so the regulations governing the implementation of economic projects should not hinder those projects. This is particularly important in cross-border regions, which are coherent economic organisms divided by borders.In the light of the foregoing:Does the Council see the need for precise provisions to be included in EU law laying down exactly how cross-border strategic environmental assessments are to be carried out?