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Scope Of The Aarhus Convention On Access To Information, Public Participation In Decision-Making And Access To Justice In Environmental Matters

Original Language Title: Geltungsbereich des Übereinkommens von Aarhus über den Zugang zu Informationen, die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung an Entscheidungsverfahren und den Zugang zu Gerichten in Umweltangelegenheiten

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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.

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