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ACCC/C/2011/59 Kazakhstan

Case status: Findings adopted on 28.03.2013 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up:  On-going; see Decision VII/8k, Decision VI/8g, Decision V/9i
Topics: Public participation.
Articles alleged: 6 (7)–(9).
Articles considered by the Committee: 6 (1) (a), 6 (2), 6 (6)–(9).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 6 (2), 6 (6), 6 (7), 6 (9).
Summary: On 13 March 2011, the Kazakh public association, National Analysis and Information Resource, submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging a failure of Kazakhstan to comply with its obligations under article 6 (7)–(9) of the Convention, by limiting the communicant’s opportunity to participate in the decision-making on and to express its opinion during the conduct of the state environmental review for the “South West Roads Project: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor”, in the South Kazakhstan Oblast.
  Document Status Date received or posted by the secretariat
  Datasheet ACCC/C/2011/59 (Kazakhstan) Latest datasheet on the status of the communication 14.05.2013
  Determination on admissibility At CC-32 01.06.2011
  Communication Ru En Communication ACCC/C/2011/59 01.06.2011
  Annex I Ru En   01.06.2011
  Annex II Ru En   01.06.2011
  Letter to the Party concerned From the secretariat forwarding the communication 01.06.2011
  Letter to the communicant From the secretariat 01.06.2011
 

Response (RUS) (ENG)

Annex 1 (RUS) (ENG
- Letter from the South Kazakhstan Natural Resources Authority

Annex 2 (RUS) (ENG)
- Inspection report

Annex 3 (RUS) (ENG)
- Email communication with the WB

Annex 4 (Eng/Rus)
- WB letter to the Mininistry of Transport and Communications

Annex 5 (RUS) (ENG
- Email to the South Kazakhstan Natural Resources Authority

From the communicant 11.10.2011
 

  Cover letter to the CC - (RUS) (ENG)

  Response to the questions (RUS/ENG)

  Agreement b/n the Government and the Bank (RUS) (ENG)

  Annex 1 (RUS) (ENG)
- Expertisa conclusion

  Annex 2 (RUS) (ENG)
- Minutes of public hearings

  Annex 3 (RUS) (ENG)
- Establishment of the consultative body

  Annex 4 (RUS) (ENG)
- Minutes of a meeting

  Annex 5 (RUS) (ENG) -
- Request to the World Bank Inspection Panel and its report

From the Party concerned 12.10.2011
  Invitation to the Party and to the communicant for the discussion of the communication at CC-35 From the secretariat 08.11.2011
  Email message to the Secretariat From the Party concerned 13.12.2011
 

Material provided at CC-35
- Environmental Code (Rus)
- Access to EIA Information (Rus)
- Regulation 207 State Environmental Review Procedure (Rus and En)
- Regulation 135 OVOS consultations (Rus and En)

From the communicant 14.12.2011
  Letter to the Party concerned From the secretariat 02.02.2012
  Letter to the communicant From the secretariat 02.02.2012
  Response with additional information (RUS) (ENG)

Annex 1 (KAZ) (ENG)
- Letter from the South Kazakhstan Natural Resources Authority

Annex 2 (KAZ) (ENG)
- Letter from the South Kazakhstan Natural Resources Authority

Annex 3
- Minutes of a meeting (see below Annex 2 of the letter from the Party concerned on 29.02.2012 )
From the communicant 28.02.2012
  Cover letter (KAZ/RUS/ENG)

Annex 1 (RUS) (ENG)
- Responses to the questions

Annex 2 (RUS) (ENG
- Minutes of a metting

Annex 3 (RUS) (ENG)
- List of participants at the meeting

Annex 4
- Expertiza conclusion (see above Annex 1 to the Party's submission on 12.10.2011)
From the Party concerned 29.02.2012
 

Draft findings and letters to the Party concerned and to the communicant

From the secretariat

19.02.2013
  Comments on draft findings From the communicant 06.03.2013
  Comments on draft findings From the Party concerned 20.03.2013
 

Findings (advance unedited) and letters to the parties

From the secretariat

16.04.2013
  Letter after CC-41 From the secretariat 11.07.2013
  Findings ENG FRE RUS From the secretartiat 16.07.2013