<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"The Italian Ministry of the Environment is setting up a national park in the Tuscan archipelago, pursuant to Community Directive 79/409/EEC(1) of 2 April 1979 and National Framework Law No 394/91 on protected areas and in total disregard for the opposing views of the local municipal council and the inhabitants of the islands, who object to the fact that the project is being administered by a park authority (appointed by the Ministry) on which local bodies are not represented.  Having regard to Article 6 (1) and (2) of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment(2), which stresses the need for the appropriate local authorities and the general public to be consulted before any given project is authorized by the Member States, and whereas the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, in approving the amendment to Directive 85/337/EEC, has stressed the importance of the principle of participatory democracy which entitles members of the public to participate, express their own views and, possibly, contest the decisions taken by the authorities, could the Commission say whether this prineiple can also apply to a project which, although not covered by Directive 85/337/EEC, nonetheless has an impact on the area in which it is situated and will radically affect the environment?    (1)OJ No L 103, 25. 4. 1979, p. 1.  (2)OJ No L 175, 5. 7. 1985, p. 40."
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>
The Italian Ministry of the Environment is setting up a national park in the Tuscan archipelago, pursuant to Community Directive 79/409/EEC(1) of 2 April 1979 and National Framework Law No 394/91 on protected areas and in total disregard for the opposing views of the local municipal council and the inhabitants of the islands, who object to the fact that the project is being administered by a park authority (appointed by the Ministry) on which local bodies are not represented.  Having regard to Article 6 (1) and (2) of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment(2), which stresses the need for the appropriate local authorities and the general public to be consulted before any given project is authorized by the Member States, and whereas the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, in approving the amendment to Directive 85/337/EEC, has stressed the importance of the principle of participatory democracy which entitles members of the public to participate, express their own views and, possibly, contest the decisions taken by the authorities, could the Commission say whether this prineiple can also apply to a project which, although not covered by Directive 85/337/EEC, nonetheless has an impact on the area in which it is situated and will radically affect the environment?    (1)OJ No L 103, 25. 4. 1979, p. 1.  (2)OJ No L 175, 5. 7. 1985, p. 40.