18.—(1) The appropriate authority must supply the material set out in paragraph (3) to the authorities of any EEA State that it considers is affected by the application.
(2) An EEA State is affected by an application for the purposes of paragraph (1) if the environment in that State is likely to be significantly affected by the project in the course of which the regulated activity to which the application relates is to be carried out.
(3) The material referred to in paragraph (1) is—
(a)a copy of the application;
(b)a copy of the environmental statement;
(c)a copy of any further information provided by the applicant pursuant to a notification under regulation 14(1);
(d)any additional information which the regulator or the appropriate authority has about the possible impact of the project on the EEA State and the environment in that State;
(e)an explanation of how and within what period the authorities of the EEA State can make representations in response to consultation in relation to the project as part of the procedure under regulation 20; and
(f)an explanation of the decisions that the regulator can make in relation to the application.
(4) The appropriate authority must provide this information to the authorities of the EEA State—
(a)as soon as practicable; and
(b)in any event, no later than the date on which the notice advertising the environmental statement or the additional information (as the case may be) is published.
(5) Paragraph (1) does not require the disclosure of any excluded information.
(6) Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until the period for consultation under regulation 20 has expired.