ACCC/C/2009/41 Slovakia

Case status: Findings adopted on 17.12.2010 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: Concluded; see para. 14 of Decision V/9 on general issues of compliance, Decision IV/9e. 
Topics: Public participation.
Articles alleged: 6 (1), 6 (4), 6 (10); 9 (2) –(4).
Articles considered by the Committee: 6 (4), 6 (10).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 6 (4), 6 (10).
Summary: On 1 July 2009, the Austrian non-governmental organization Global 2000/Friends of the Earth Austria, in collaboration with Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace Slovakia and International, Za Matky Zem and VIA IURIS, and with the legal support of Oekobuero, submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging a failure by Slovakia to comply with its obligations under the Convention, in relation to the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant. The communication alleged that the Party concerned, by failing to provide for public participation in the decision-making process for construction permits of the Power Plant, failed to comply with article 6 (1), (4) and (10) of the Convention. The communicant also alleged that the Party concerned failed to comply with article 9 (2) (3) and (4) of the Convention, due to an alleged lack of access to justice in environmental matters in legislation.