Legal Opinion on the Bill on the Protection of the Environment, Drafted by the Ministry of Environment and Water 17/10/2001 The Legal Opinion On the Bill on the Protection of the Environment, Chapter Two - concerning the access to information), Drafted by the Ministry of Environment and Water October 2001.
The opinion is based on the comparison of the existing national legislation:
- Protection of the Environment Act - Promulgated in The State Gazette, No. 86 of 18 October 1991; Latest amendments, The State Gazette, No. 26 of 20 March 2001;
- Access to Public Information Act of 7 July 2000;
- Other laws regulating restrictions on the right of access to information, as well as draft legislation in the same sphere;
- the relevant acquis communautaire, more specifically: Directive 90/313;
- Proposal for Directive of the European Parliament and the Council for Public Access to Environmental Information (2000) 402,
- and the international multilateral agreements setting standards in this sphere: Aarhus Convention on the Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice on Environmental Matters (non-ratified).
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