Case status: Findings adopted on 24.05.2017 – No non-compliance found; see para. 9 of Decision VI/8 on general issues of compliance.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Definitions; Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 2 (1)–(5); 3 (1)–(4), 3 (8), 3 (9); 9 (3), 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee: 2 (1)–(5); 3 (1)–(4), 3 (8), 3 (9); 9 (3)–(5); 17; 19 (4), 19 (5).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: On 17 December 2014, the secretariat of the Convention received a communication from an environmental non-governmental organization, Justice and Environment alleging the failure of the European Union to fully transpose article 9 of the Convention into European Union law. Specifically, the communicant alleged non-compliance of the Party concerned with article 2 (1)–(5), article 3 (1)–(4), (8) and (9), and article 9 (3) and (4) of the Convention.
Documents | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Communication | From the communicant | 17.12.2014 |
Comments on preliminary admissibility | From the United Kingdom | 20.03.2015 |
Email to inform parties that communication determined to be preliminary admissible | From the secretariat | 09.04.2015 |
Letter to Party concerned enclosing preliminary determination of admissibility and forwarding communication for Party concerned's response | From the secretariat | 28.06.2015 |
Comments on communication | From the United Kingdom | 25.11.2015 |
Email enclosing response to communication | From the Party concerned | 26.11.2015 |
Comments on the Party concerned's response to the communication and on the comments from the United Kingdom Annex: Letter from the European Commission to EEB |
From the communicant | 24.02.2016 |
Letter to the parties seeking their views on whether a hearing is needed | From the secretariat | 14.06.2016 |
Response to the letter from the secretariat | From the communicant | 20.06.2016 |
Response to the letter from the secretariat | From the Party concerned | 20.06.2016 |
Response to the letter from the secretariat | From the United Kingdom | 20.06.2016 |
Letter to the parties inviting final written submissions before the Committee commences its deliberations | From the secretariat | 27.07.2016 |
Final written submissions | From the Party concerned | 02.09.2016 |
Annex 1: Letter by the European Commission to EEB (see also annex to communicant's comments dated 24.02.2016) |
From the communicant | 16.09.2016 |
Letters to Party concerned and communicant enclosing Committee's draft findings for comment | From the secretariat | 21.03.2017 |
Comments on the draft findings | From the communicant | 28.04.2017 |
Findings ENG FRE RUS |