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UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Kiev, 2003)
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4. Field of application concerning plans and
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Article 3
General provisions
1. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative,
regulatory and other appropriate measures to implement
the provisions of this Protocol within a clear,
transparent framework.
2. Each Party shall endeavour to ensure that officials
and authorities assist and provide guidance to the
public in matters covered by this Protocol.
3. Each Party shall provide for appropriate recognition
of and support to associations, organizations or
groups promoting environmental, including health,
protection in
the context of this Protocol.
4. The provisions of this Protocol shall not affect
the right of a Party to maintain or introduce additional
measures in relation to issues covered by this Protocol.
5. Each Party shall promote the objectives of this
Protocol in relevant international decision-making
processes and within the framework of relevant international
organizations.
6. Each Party shall ensure that persons exercising
their rights in conformity with the provisions of
this Protocol shall not be penalized, persecuted
or harassed in any way for their involvement. This
provision shall not affect the powers of national
courts to award reasonable costs in judicial proceedings.
7. Within the scope of the relevant provisions
of this Protocol, the public shall be able to exercise
its rights without discrimination as to citizenship,
nationality or domicile and, in the case of a legal
person, without discrimination as to where it has
its registered seat or an effective centre of its
activities.