Resources 'Article 6: Public Participation in Decisions on Specific Activities'
Access to environmental information and public participation in decision-making procedures for environmental NGOs.
Public participation and omissions by public authorities (Art. 6, 7, 8 and 9) – The obligation to create a National Council of the Environment for public participation according to Italian law is not…
Access to justice – Two small businesses, located 3 and 5 kilometres away from a planned large scale shopping center, were granted standing in the Council of State to challenge the environmental…
A group of members of parliament claimed that the regulations on use and building of a particular territory in the capital of Latvia were contrary to art. 115 of the Constitution of the Republic of…
Review procedure and costs (art. 2, 6 and 9) – The ECJ found that the EIA for a private road development damaging a coastal wetland was in compliance with EU Directive 85/337/EEC. However, on the…
Public participation and costs – The Administrative (High) Court found it necessary to take a different approach to the general rule that costs follow the event in line with the Sullivan Report (…
Public access to information in decision-making procedure on specific activities serving national defence purposes.
Standing of environmental non-governmental organizations – Procedural law shall be interpreted in order to give the public concerned broad opportunities to challenge in court decisions on forestry.
The State shall ensure that public authorities assist and provide guidance to the public in seeking access to information, in facilitating participation in decision-making and in seeking access to…
Effective remedies - Members of the public concerned must be able to ask the court to suspend a challenged permit during the review procedure.
