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UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Kiev, 2003)
9. Consultation with environmental and health
authorities |
Contents |
11. Decision |
Article 10
Transboundary consultations
1. Where a Party of origin considers that the implementation
of a plan or programme is likely to have significant
transboundary environmental, including health, effects
or where a Party likely to be significantly affected
so requests, the Party of origin shall as early
as possible before the adoption of the plan or programme
notify the affected Party.
2. This notification shall contain, inter alia:
(a) The draft plan or programme and the environmental
report including information on its possible transboundary
environmental, including health, effects; and
(b) Information regarding the decision-making procedure,
including an indication of a reasonable time schedule
for the transmission of comments.
3. The affected Party shall, within the time specified
in the notification, indicate to the Party of origin
whether it wishes to enter into consultations before
the adoption of the plan or programme and, if it
so indicates, the Parties concerned shall enter
into consultations concerning the likely transboundary
environmental, including health, effects of implementing
the plan or programme and the measures envisaged
to prevent, reduce or mitigate adverse effects.
4. Where such consultations take place, the Parties
concerned shall agree on detailed arrangements to
ensure that the public concerned and the authorities
referred to in article 9,
paragraph 1, in the affected Party are informed
and given an opportunity to forward their opinion
on the draft plan or programme and the environmental
report within a reasonable time frame.