| | THE AARHUS CONVENTION: AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE |
| | 1,79 | | MB |
| | 198 | | stron |
| | 4304 | | ID | Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe |
| | 2000 | | rok |
| | CONTENTS |
| | FOREWORD BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS V |
| | PREFACE . vii |
| | HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ix |
| | INTRODUCTION . 1 |
| | CONVENTION ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING |
| | AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS 9 |
| | Preamble. 11 |
| | GENERAL PART 27 |
| | Article 1. Objective . 29 |
| | Article 2. Definitions. 30 |
| | Article 3. General provisions. 41 |
| | PILLAR I. ACCESS TO INFORMATION . 49 |
| | Article 4. Access to environmental information . 53 |
| | Article 5. Collection and dissemination of environmental information 66 |
| | PILLAR II. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING . 85 |
| | Article 6. Public participationindeci sions on specific activities 89 |
| | Article 7. Public participation concerning plans, programmes and policies |
| | Article 7. Articl relating to the environment. 113 |
| | Article 8. Public participationdurin g the preparationof executive regulations |
| | Article 7. Articl and/or generally applicable legally binding normative instruments. 123 |
| | PILLAR III. ACCESS TO JUSTICE 125 |
| | Article 9. Access to justice 137 |
| | FINAL PROVISIONS. 139 |
| | Article 10. Meeting of the Parties . 144 |
| | Article 11. Right to vote 144 |
| | Article 12. Secretariat 145 |
| | Article 13. Annexes . 146 |
| | Article 14. Amendments to the Convention 148 |
| | Article 15. Review of compliance. 150 |
| | Article 16. Settlement of disputes . 151 |
| | Article 17. Signature 152 |
| | Article 18. Depositary . 152 |
| | Article 19. Ratification, acceptance, approval and accession . 154 |
| | Article 20. Entry into force 155 |
| | Article 21. Withdrawal 156 |
| | Article 22. Authentic texts. 157 |
| | THE ANNEXES 159 |
| | Annex I. List of activities referred to ina rticle 6, paragraph 1 (a) 166 |
| | Annex II. Arbitration . 171 |
| | NOTES. 179 |
| | ANNEXES |
| | ANNEX I. Resolution on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- |
| | ANNEX I. making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters . 179 |
| | ANNEX II. Declarations made upon signature . 181 |
| | BIBLIOGRAPHY . 183 |