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78th Federal Chancellor's announcement concerning the scope of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
According to the communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or Accession instruments to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (BGBl. III No 88/2005):
States: |
Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Certificate of Accession: |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 October 2008 |
Germany |
15. January 2007 |
Greece |
27. January 2006 |
Luxembourg |
25 October 2005 |
Montenegro |
2 November 2009 |
Sweden |
20 May 2005 |
Serbia |
31 July 2009 |
Slovakia |
5 December 2005 |
On the occasion of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, Sweden has made the following reservation:
Sweden brings a reservation on Article 9 (1), with regard to access to a review procedure before a court in the case of decisions taken by Parliament, the Government and by Ministers on the release of official documents have been hit.
A reservation is also made on Article 9 (2), with regard to access by environmental organisations to a review procedure before a court with regard to decisions on local plans requiring environmental impact assessments.
This also applies to decisions concerning the granting of authorisations made by the Government as the first instance, for example, under the Gas Act (2000:599) or following an appeal under Chapter 18 of the Swedish Government. Environmental law. The government is seeking to ensure that Sweden will shortly comply with the whole of Article 9 (2).
According to a further note by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Netherlands 1 The following statement:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares, in accordance with Article 16 (2) of the United Nations Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental matters, that it accepts both of the dispute settlement procedures referred to in this paragraph as binding on a party that accepts one of the two dispute settlement procedures.
Faymann