Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention |
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| Руководство по практиприменению Конвенции Эспоо |
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Leitfaden
für die praktische Anwendung
der Espoo-Konvention (informal translation) |
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The Espoo Convention requires that procedures
for environmental impact assessments are extended
across borders between Parties of the Convention
when a planned activity may cause significant
adverse transboundary impacts.
This Guidance aims at offering practical
ways and solutions for applying the Convention to
all stakeholders involved in the development of activities
within the Parties' territories. The information will
be of use to competent authorities, points of contact,
other authorities on federal, national, regional and
local levels, developers, international financing
institutions, non-governmental organisations, and
the public.
Additionally, the Guidance emphasizes
issues that are mandatory under the Convention, such
as public participation and assessment of long-range
impacts. It also provides ideas on how to improve
the efficiency of the practical application through,
e.g. national rules for implementing the procedures,
entering into bilateral and multilateral agreements,
and making assessments.
This Guidance was developed in response
to Decision II/2 of the Second Meeting of the Parties
of the Convention. Finland, the Netherlands and
Sweden took the lead in drafting the Guidance, while
the Finnish
Environment Institute (SYKE) carried out the
practical work. The Parties have actively participated
in the development of the Guidance through workshops
and editorial rounds.
The Guidance on the Practical Application
of the Espoo Convention is either available here
on these World Wide Web pages or it can be printed
easily by opening the PDF version .
These pages are designed for the use
on the Internet. The guidance can be read by following
the order of contents or by choosing the parts of
interest by the topics of the contents. The key words
lead you to the Article 1 of the Convention text and
to the sections of the guidance where the particular
subject is dealt with.