Case status: Findings adopted on 30.03.2012 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: Concluded; see para. 11 of Decision V/9 on general issues of compliance.
Topics: Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 9 (2)–(5).
Articles considered by the Committee: 9 (2), 9 (4).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 9 (4).
Summary: On 26 January 2011, the non-governmental organization Dansk Ornitologisk Forening–BirdLife Denmark submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging the failure of Denmark to comply with its obligations under the Convention. The communication alleged that the Party concerned failed to comply with the requirements of article 9 (2)–(5) of the Convention because the new fees regime imposes fees on NGOs for bringing appeals that are much higher than before and different from the fees imposed on private individuals.
| Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat | |
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| Datasheet ACCC/C/2011/57 (Denmark) | Latest datasheet on the status of the communication | 01.02.2013 | |
| Determination on admissibility | At CC-31 | 17.03.2011 | |
| Communication Annex 1 - Act no. 1608 on differentiated fees, signed December 22nd, 2010 (in Danish) Annex 2 - Legal order no. 1673 on fees for appeals, signed December 22nd, 2010 (in Danish) Annex 3 - Case on the impact of the act from DOF Sønderjylland (in English) Annex 4 - Hearing response from DOF on the proposed act (in Danish) Annex 5 - Hearing response from DOF on the Aarhus Convention (in Danish) Annex 6 - Question no. 15 and answer from the minister of Environment (in Danish) |
Communication ACCC/C/2011/57 | 26.01.2011 | |
| Letter to the the Party concerned forwarding the communication | From the secretariat | 14.03.2011 | |
| Letter to the communicant after CC-30 and questions | From the secretariat | 14.03.2011 | |
| Information on the yearly average income in Denmark (Annex) | From the communicant | 10.08.2011 | |
| Invitation to the Party and to the communicant for the discussion of the communication at CC-34 | From the secretariat | 16.08.2011 | |
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Letter from the communicant
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From the communicant
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24.08.2011
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Letter from the Party concerned Annex - Mean and mediane income by household type |
From the Party concerned | 31.08.2011 | |
| Letter to the parties after CC-34 | From the secretariat | 10.10.2011 | |
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Letter from the communicant Annex 1 (in Danish) Annex 2 (in Danish) Annex 3 (in Danish) Annex 4 (in Danish) Annex 5 (in Danish) |
From the communicant | 23.10.2011 | |
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Email message to the secretariat |
From the Party concerned | 01.11.2011 | |
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Further response to CC questions Annex 1 (in Danish) Annex 2 (in Danish) |
From the Party concerned
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30.11.2011
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| Letter from the communicant | From the communicant | 13.12.2011 | |
| Draft findings and letter to the parties | From the secretariat | 10.02.2012 | |
| Comments on the draft findings from the communicant | From the communicant | 08.03.2012 | |
| Comments on the draft findings from the Party concerned | From the Party concerned | 16.03.2012 | |
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From the secretariat |
23.04.2012 | ||
| Findings in En Fr Rus | From the secretariat | 16.07.2012 | |
| Letter on follow-up with the recommendations | From the secretariat | 15.07.2013 | |
| Progress report | From the Party concerned | 16.09.2013 | |
| Draft report by the Compliance Committee to the Meeting of the Parties on the implementation of the findings and recommendations in ACCC/C/2011/57 and letters to the Party concerned and communicant |
From the secretariat | 18.11.2013 | |
| Comments on draft report to the Meeting of the Parties | From the Party concerned | 06.12.2013 | |
| Comments on the draft report to the Meeting of the Parties | From the communicant | 17.12.2013 |