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"Mr President, I will send the reply to the question in writing.
· Contribute to appointing high quality members to the Compliance Committee, which is the main compliance mechanism of the Convention, so that it can usefully assist Parties in furthering the implementation of the
Convention.
The Commission facilitates the inclusion of Members of the European Parliament as observers in Community delegations attending meetings of governing bodies of multilateral agreements, and has done so already on a number of occasions.
I welcome the participation of Members of the European Parliament at MOP3, and am interested to hear your priorities and expectations for this meeting.
2008 will mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Aarhus Convention. The third Meeting of the Parties to the Convention, to be held in June, in Riga, will be an opportunity for the Parties to review the progress achieved in the Convention's implementation and to reflect on and plan for the challenges that lie ahead.
The European Community is a Party to the Convention since May 2005. The years preceding and following 2005 have seen the EU adopting several legislative acts to ensure the implementation of the Convention. Yet, challenges remain, including at the level of the Convention itself as, for instance, predictable and stable financial arrangements are still to be agreed upon by all Parties.
The Commission's priorities for the third Meeting of the Parties may be summarised as follows:
· Adoption of a Long-term Strategic Plan outlining ambitious but realistic priorities for the years to come in a pragmatic and practicable manner.
In this context I want to stress the importance of implementation which, in the Commission's view, should be the first priority;
· Adoption of stable and predictable financial arrangements, which would ensure that the work programmes of the Convention can proceed on a sound financial basis;
· Adoption of an interpretative decision by the Meeting of the Parties clarifying the conditions under which amendments to the Convention enter into force. This decision is of practical relevance and importance already now as it would apply to the amendment to the Convention adopted in 2005 on genetically modified organisms;
· Continuation of the work with respect to public participation, in particular in international forums, and access to justice in environmental matters; and"@en1
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