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AARHUS CONVENTION
Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters
Document
Status
Date received or posted by the secretariat
Datasheet ACCC/C/2008/32 (EC)
21.06.2011
Preliminary determination on admissibility
19.12.2008
Communication
Communication ACCC/C/2008/30
01.12.2008
Appendixes
: Appendix 1 - Detailed analyses of the courts' jurisprudence (pp.1-36) and Appendix 2 - List of jurisprudence of the European Courts referred to in the communication (pp.37-38)
Appendixes to the communication
01.12.2008
List of NGO supporting the communication
Annex to the communication
01.12.2008
Letter to the Party informing about the communication
Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee
24.12.2008
Letter to the communicant regarding preliminary admissibility of the communication
Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee
24.12.2008
Letter to the Party concerned raising additional questions for clarification
Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee
19.01.2009
Letter to the communicant raising additional questions for clarification
Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee
19.01.2009
Letter to the Party concerned requesting timing of response and updating about possibility of discussion at twenty-fourth meeting
Letter from the secretariat
12.05.2009
Cover letter from the communicant for answers to the questions raised to the communicant and to one question raised to the Party concerned
Letter from the communicant
25.05.2009
Letter from the communicant with answers to the questions raised to the communicant
Letter from the communicant
25.05.2009
Letter from the communicant with answers to one question raised to the Party concerned
Letter from the communicant
25.05.2009
Letter from the Party concerned with response to letter from the secretariat to the Party concerned on 24.12.2008 (
cover letter
) (
document
)
Letter from the Party concerned
11.06.2009
Amicus brief submitted by WWF-UK
Amicus brief
24.06.2009
Annex A -
Order of the CFI in Case T-91/07 dated 2nd June 2008
Annex to Amicus brief
24.06.2009
Annex B -
WWF's Appeal to the ECJ (Case C-335/08)
Annex to Amicus brief
24.06.2009
Annex C -
Order of the ECJ in Case C-355/08 dated 5th May 2009
Annex to Amicus brief
24.06.2009
Annex D -
IEEP report on Compliance by the European Community with its Obligations on Access to Justice under the Aarhus Convention
Annex to Amicus brief
24.06.2009
Letter requesting delay in the discussion
Letter from the Party concerned
02.07.2009
Letter concerning Commission's request for deferal
Letter from the communicant
10.08.2009
Letter concerning ECJ decision in WWF-UK case
Letter from the communicant
10.08.2009
Update on WWF-UK case before ECJ
Information from the communicant
10.08.2009
Letter concerning Communicant's request for deferal and forwarding Amicus brief
Letter to the Party concerned
19.08.2009
Letter concerning ECJ decision in WWF-UK case
Letter to the communicant
19.08.2009
Message outlining position concerning discussion of the case
Message from the amicus
24.08.2009
Letter from the communicant reacting to the position of the Party concerned (
cover
) (
message
)
Message from the communicant
28.08.2009
Letter to parties concerned with an update and convening the hearing at CC-25
Letter from the secretariat
28.08.2009
Oral submissions at the discussion (
cover letter
) (
oral statement
) (
aide memoire
)
Message from the Party concerned
30.09.2009
Oral submissions at the discussion (
oral statement
) (
response to EC aide memoire
)
Message from the amicus
30.09.2009
Oral submissions at the discussion
Message from the communicant
05.10.2009
Comments on the Party concerned's aide-memoire
Message from the communicant
05.10.2009
Message to all parties concerned (including the amicus) with regard to the outcome after CC-25 and the following steps concerning the case
Letter from the secretariat
13.11.2009
Letter to the
amicus
, to the
communicant
and to the
Party concerned
asking for their reaction on one outstanding issue
Letter from the secretariat
21.01.2010
Message outlining relations between the Aarhus Convention and the European Union (European Community)
Message from the amicus
19.02.2010
Message outlining changes in the relations between the Aarhus Convention and the European Union (European Community)
Message from the Party concerned
26.02.2010
Message outlining position with regard to the the relations between the Aarhus Convention and the European Union (European Community)
Message from the communicant
02.03.2010
Draft findings
Letter to the Party
and
letter to the communicant
From the secretariat
15.03.2011
Comments
on the draft findings
From the communicant
11.04.2011
Comments
on the draft findings
From the amicus
11.04.2011
Comments
on the draft findings (
cover letter
)
From the Party concerned
12.04.2011
Findings
(advance unedited copy) (
cover letter to parties
)
From the secretariat
27.04.2011
Findings
(advance edited copy)
From the secretariat
20.05.2011