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I have, of course, voted in favour of this important report, which seeks to establish common criteria for access to information, to ensure public participation in the decision-making process and access to justice in environmental matters, because I believe that this access to information – and I am talking about high-quality information – on environmental matters must today be considered to be a standard prerogative of citizenship. In fact, establishing rules for such access will effectively contribute to control by the citizens in an area that concerns everyone – a genuine Citizens’ Control to protect our environmental heritage. I therefore feel it is quite appropriate to strengthen the mechanisms for access to information and to information technologies. The trend of authorities providing environmental information without charge, in conjunction with promoting the use of information technologies – especially the Internet – will lead to this information being widely and freely accessible, subject, of course, to the necessary restrictions when national security, court cases or industrial rights or those concerning intellectual property are concerned.
Lastly, I welcomed the idea of establishing practical arrangements to ensure that information about the environment is used effectively, and of granting of more rigorous powers to the Member States in this context, which will result in greater responsibility for these, but also in the subsidiarity principle being implemented."@en1
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