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This report should be seen against the backdrop of the important package on the ‘environment’ and, more specifically, on the European Union’s incorporating into its legal system the Århus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in environmental matters (III pillars). It also aims to remedy various shortcomings in monitoring the implementation of environmental legislation.
The Directive now being proposed establishes minimum conditions for access to civil and criminal proceedings in environmental matters and explicitly defines the criteria capable of ensuring a better transposition of environmental law with the least possible impact. As I said, specifically in my explanation of vote on the Korhola report, there must be effective public control in an area that is of concern to us all – a genuine ‘Citizen’s Control’ to protect our environmental heritage. This proposal formalises the terms in which this control could be undertaken in a democratic way.
Nevertheless, I abstained in the final vote, because the report does not make clear its position on the Convention, which has already been signed by the Member States and this led me to harbour some reservations."@en1
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