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ACCC/C/2016/143 Czech Republic

Case status: Findings adopted on 26.07.2021 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: On-going; see Decision VII/8e
Topics: Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 3 (1); 6 (1)–(10); 9 (2).
Articles considered by the Committee: 3 (1); 6 (1)–(10); 9 (2).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 6 (10); 9 (2).
Summary: On 31 October 2016, Austrian environmental non-governmental organizations OEKOBUERO – Alliance of the Austrian Environmental Movement – and GLOBAL 2000 (Friends of the Earth Austria), Czech civic associations Jihočeské matky, z. s. and Calla, and the Aarhus Konvention Initiative, a German civil society movement, submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging non-compliance with articles 3 (1), 6 (1)–(10) and 9 (2) of the Convention regarding the extension of the lifetime of nuclear reactors of Dukovany nuclear power plant.

Documents Status Date received or
posted by the Secretariat

Communication

Annex 1: Chronology of the Dukovany power plant and extensions of lifetimes
Annex 2: Selected parts of the March decision
Annex 3: Selected legislation and case law
Annex 4: Old Atomic Act
Annex 5: Code of Administrative Justice
Annex 6: Higher Administrative Court decision CZE
Annex 7: Constitutional Court decision CZE
Annex 8: March Decision CZE
Annex 9: New Atomic Act CZE

From the communicant 31.10.2016
Letters to the Party concerned and communicants enclosing Committee's determination of preliminary admissibility and forwarding communication for the Party concerned's response From the secretariat 06.02.2017
Letter
Annex: Decree issued by the State Office for Nuclear Safety (dated 2 February 2017) ENG CZE
From the communicant 27.02.2017
Cover letter enclosing response to the communication From the Party concerned 04.07.2017
Letters inviting Party concerned and communicants to hearing at Committee's 64th meeting From the secretariat 25.04.2019
Updated chronology From the communicant OEKOBUERO 28.06.2019
Opening statement delivered at the Committee's 64th meeting From the communicant 03.07.2019
Covering email providing additional information
Annex 1:  Request of 24 September 2015 for operating license for reactor 1 ENG CZE
Annex 2: Request of 2 January 2017 for operating license for reactor 2 ENG CZE
Annex 3: Request of 30 June 2017 for operating license for reactor 3 ENG CZE
Annex 4: Request of 30 June 2017 for operating license for reactor 4 ENG CZE
From the communicants 19.09.2019
Email enclosing summary of the Constitutional’s Court verdict (dated 8 September 2020) From the communicant (OEKOBUERO) 13.11.2020
Letter enclosing questions from the Committee to the Party concerned From the secretariat 24.12.2020
Request for extension From the Party concerned 20.01.2021
Decision of the Chair of the Committee on extension requested by the Party concerned From the secretariat 20.01.2021

Email enclosing submission of documents
Atomic Act no. 263/2016, 14.07.2016 ENG / CZE
Section 70 of Act no. 114/1992 Coll. on nature and landscape protection CZE
Supreme Administrative Court judgement, no. 10 As 59/2015-42, 15.10.2015 CZE
Supreme Administrative Court judgement, no. 7 As 90/ 2011-144 of 27.10. 2011 CZE
Constitutional Court judgement US 463/12, 11.06.2012 CZE
Constitutional Court judgement  940/2020, 08.09.2020 CZE
Decision no. 24273/2005, 16.12.2005 CZE
Decision no. 55714/2006, 8.12.2006 CZE
Decision no. 26350/2015, 18.12.2015  CZE
Decision no. 17140, 25.08.2016 (reactor 2)  CZE
Decision no. 12142, 28.06.2017 (reactor 2) CZE
Decision no. 24077, 19.12.2017 (reactor 3) CZE
Decision no. 24078, 19.12.2017 (reactor 4) CZE

From the Party concerned 21.01.2021
Reply to questions of the Committee
Annex 1: Atomic Act (1997), No. 18/1997 Coll. ENG
Annex 4: Judgement of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic no. 4 As 157/2013–33 ENG/CZE
Annex 5: Atomic Act (2016), No. 263/2016 Coll. ENG/CZE 
Annex 6: Section 70 of Act no. 114/1992 Coll. on nature and landscape protection ENG/CZE
Annex 7: Sections 3 and 4 of Act No. 100/2001 Coll., on environmental impact assessment ENG & CZE
Annex 8 (a): Supreme Administrative Court judgment no. 7 As 90/ 2011-154 of 27 October 2011 ENG/CZE
Annex 8 (b): Constitutional Court decision US 463/12 of 20 June 2012 ENG/CZE
Annex 8 (c): Constitutional Court decision of 8 September 2020 ENG/ CZE
Annex 9 (a): Decision no. 24273/2005 of 16 December 2005 of the SONS CZE
Annex 9 (b): Decision no. 55714/2006 of 8 December 2006 of the SONS CZE
Annex 9 (c): Decision no. 26350/2015 of 18 December 2015 of the SONS CZE
Annex 9 (d): Decision dated August 2016 granting an extension of the operating license of reactor 2 CZE
Annex 9 (e): Decision of the SONS dated 28 June 2017 (reactor 2) CZE
Annex 9 (f): Decision of the SONS dated 19 December 2017 (reactor 3) CZE
Annex 9 (g): Decision of the SONS dated 19 December 2017 (reactor 4) CZE
From the Party concerned 08.02.2021
Comments on the Party concerned’s reply to the Committee’s questions From the communicant 01.03.2021
Draft findings and letters to the Party concerned and communicant inviting their comments From the secretariat 10.06.2021
Comments on the Committee’s draft findings From the communicants OEKOBUERO and GLOBAL 2000 21.07.2021
Comments on the Committee’s draft findings From the Party concerned 23.07.2021
Findings ENG FRE RUS   26.07.2021