COM(2010)143 - Application and effectiveness of Directive 2003/35/EC providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC

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  3. Related information
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Key information

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Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the application and effectiveness of Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC
 
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reference by COM-number55 COM(2010)143 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2010)143
CELEX number58 52010DC0143

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Key dates

Document 14-04-2010
Online publication 14-04-2010

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Related information

 

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  • 1. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 2. 
    Report from the Commission on the application and effectiveness of the EIA Directive, COM(2009) 378 of 23 July 2009.

     
  • 3. 
    Commission Decision of 2 March 2006 establishing a questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC (2006/194/EC), OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 65.

     
  • 4. 
    Report from the Commission on the application and effectiveness of the EIA Directive, COM(2009) 378 of 23 July 2009.

     
  • 5. 
    Directive 2008/1/EC of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version), OJ L 24, 29.1.2008.

     
  • 6. 
    Commission Decision of 2 March 2006 establishing a questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC (2006/194/EC), OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 65.

     
  • 7. 
    Directive 2008/1/EC of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version), OJ L 24, 29.1.2008.

     
  • 8. 
    The following items of the Report of 23 July 2009 concern public participation in EIA (namely Article 3 of Directive 2003/35/EC): Sections 2.2 and 3.3 and Annex 2.

     
  • 9. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 10. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 11. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 12. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 13. 
    Directive 2008/98/EC of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain directives, OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3. Recital 40 expressly refers to the public participation required by Directive 2003/35/EC.

     
  • 14. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 15. 
    Directive 2008/50/EC of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality, OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1.

     
  • 16. 
    Directive 2008/1/EC of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version), OJ L 24, 29.1.2008.

     
  • 17. 
    Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003, Directives 2004/12/EC and 2005/50/EC and recently by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009.

     
  • 18. 
    Directive 2006/66/EC of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC, OJ L 266, 26.9.2006. Pursuant to Article 28, Directive 91/157/EEC was repealed with effect from 26 September 2008.

     
  • 19. 
    Unlike Directive 2003/4/EC aimed at adapting Community legislation to the Aarhus Convention in terms of public access to environmental information, the Directive does not expressly provide for the submission of reports by Member States to the Commission on their experience in applying the Directive. However, the Commission held it necessary to be able to draw on their information and views. Thus by letter dated 29 July 2008, it asked States to submit their comments on the basis of a guidance note. Twenty States responded, some of them significantly after the deadline of 14 November 2008. The seven States which failed to submit a contribution were: Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia.

     
  • 20. 
    Directive 2001/42/EC of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).

     
  • 21. 
    Judgment of the Court of 16 July 2009, case C-427/07.

     
  • 22. 
    Those changes were addressed in Section 2.

     
  • 23. 
    Joined Cases C-105/09 and C-110/09, pending.

     
  • 24. 
    One contribution states in this respect: The persons who respond are those who already possess the greatest awareness of environmental issues. To resolve this, the (Brussels Capital) Region has, in addition to public inquiries, ventured as far as possible to carry out specific opinion polls using a representative sample of the population .

     
  • 25. 
    Commission Decision of 2 March 2006 establishing a questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC (2006/194/EC), OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 65.

     
  • 26. 
    The Aarhus Convention
     
  • 27. 
    Report from the Commission on the application and effectiveness of the EIA Directive, COM(2009) 469 of 14.9.2009.

     
  • 28. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 29. 
    Report from the Commission on the application and effectiveness of the EIA Directive, COM(2009) 378 of 23 July 2009.

     
  • 30. 
    Commission Decision of 2 March 2006 establishing a questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC (2006/194/EC), OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 65.

     
  • 31. 
    Report from the Commission on the application and effectiveness of the EIA Directive, COM(2009) 378 of 23 July 2009.

     
  • 32. 
    Directive 2008/1/EC of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version), OJ L 24, 29.1.2008.

     
  • 33. 
    Commission Decision of 2 March 2006 establishing a questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC (2006/194/EC), OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 65.

     
  • 34. 
    Directive 2008/1/EC of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version), OJ L 24, 29.1.2008.

     
  • 35. 
    The following items of the Report of 23 July 2009 concern public participation in EIA (namely Article 3 of Directive 2003/35/EC): Sections 2.2 and 3.3 and Annex 2.

     
  • 36. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 37. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 38. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 39. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 40. 
    Directive 2008/98/EC of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain directives, OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3. Recital 40 expressly refers to the public participation required by Directive 2003/35/EC.

     
  • 41. 
    Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Following Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005, OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, the EU has been a party to the Convention since 17 May 2005.

     
  • 42. 
    Directive 2008/50/EC of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality, OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1.

     
  • 43. 
    Directive 2008/1/EC of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version), OJ L 24, 29.1.2008.

     
  • 44. 
    Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003, Directives 2004/12/EC and 2005/50/EC and recently by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009.

     
  • 45. 
    Directive 2006/66/EC of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC, OJ L 266, 26.9.2006. Pursuant to Article 28, Directive 91/157/EEC was repealed with effect from 26 September 2008.

     
  • 46. 
    Unlike Directive 2003/4/EC aimed at adapting Community legislation to the Aarhus Convention in terms of public access to environmental information, the Directive does not expressly provide for the submission of reports by Member States to the Commission on their experience in applying the Directive. However, the Commission held it necessary to be able to draw on their information and views. Thus by letter dated 29 July 2008, it asked States to submit their comments on the basis of a guidance note. Twenty States responded, some of them significantly after the deadline of 14 November 2008. The seven States which failed to submit a contribution were: Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia.

     
  • 47. 
    Directive 2001/42/EC of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).

     
  • 48. 
    Judgment of the Court of 16 July 2009, case C-427/07.

     
  • 49. 
    Those changes were addressed in Section 2.

     
  • 50. 
    Joined Cases C-105/09 and C-110/09, pending.

     
  • 51. 
    One contribution states in this respect: The persons who respond are those who already possess the greatest awareness of environmental issues. To resolve this, the (Brussels Capital) Region has, in addition to public inquiries, ventured as far as possible to carry out specific opinion polls using a representative sample of the population .

     
  • 52. 
    Commission Decision of 2 March 2006 establishing a questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC (2006/194/EC), OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 65.

     
  • 53. 
    The Aarhus Convention
     
  • 54. 
    Report from the Commission on the application and effectiveness of the EIA Directive, COM(2009) 469 of
     
  • 55. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 56. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 57. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 58. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 59. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.