ENVIRONMENTAL LAW – AARHUS
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN law is to guarantee the rights of European Union (EU) citizens to access environmental information, participate in environmental decision-making and grant them the right to bring public authorities to court over this policy area, if EU ministers agree a proposal from the European Commission. It has proposed that the updated United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Aarhus Convention on the subject is written into EU legislation, making it compulsory for Member States and enforceable by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). A ...
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