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The legislative measure passed to implement the second pillar of the Aarhus Convention. In German.
In this statement directed to the environmental committee auf the German Bundestag, the NGOs especially critizise two bills implementing the second and third pillar of the Aarhus Convention. In their…
This website informs about the "Environmental Information Act" (Umweltinformationsgesetz). It describes in a transparent way what environmental information are, who has access, where to get…
This official recommendation for a decision and the report give background information on the discussion and arguments exchanged in the committee and give a reasoning for the finally chosen…
The website describes the concept, form and functions of this data catalog and provides a link to the catalog itself, which is meanwhile integrated into the PortalU structure. The catalog is a meta…
This article describes the benefits of public participation in environmental decision-making processes and highlights provisions of the Aarhus Convention in this context in relation to the…
This presentation gives a short overview of PortalU, the German environmental information portal. It contains information on the locations, players involved, main focus and type of the project, its…
In this law review article, the authors argue that the German legislative act to implement the third pillar of the Aarhus Convention (Umwelt-Rechtsbehelfsgesetz) does not comply with the EC directive…
The Independent Institute for Environmental Investigations organized this workshop to draw initial conclusions on practical experiences with the new rights to access to environmental information in…
In this law review article the author describes two earlier German legislative bills to implement the second and third pillar of the Aarhus Convention. In German.(Original source: http://www.…