Case status: Findings adopted on 04.08.2020 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: On-going; see Decision VII/8f.
Topics: Definitions; Discrimination based on citizenship, nationality or domicile; Access to environmental information; Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 3 (2); 4; 7.
Articles considered by the Committee: 2 (3); 3 (2); 3 (9); 4 (2), 4 (4); 4 (7); 6 (2), 6 (4), 6 (8); 7; 9 (1).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 3 (9); 4 (2); 6 (8); 7; 9 (1).
Summary: On 28 October 2013, the European Platform Against Windfarms submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging a failure by the European Union to comply with its obligations under articles 3 (2), 4 and 7 of the Convention in relation to the European Commission’s adoption on 14 October 2013 of a list of 248 “Projects of Common Interest”.
| Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Annex 1: Submission on Projects of Common Interest Annex 2: Response to first access to information request of Mr. Caulfield (GestDem 2012/4179), dated 19.10.2012 Annex 3: Response to confirmatory application on Mr. Caulfiled's first request (GestDem 2012/4179), dated 28.02.2013 Annex 4: Attachments to response to confirmatory application of Mr. Caulfield (GestDem 2012/4179), dated 28.02.2013 Annex 5: Response to Mr. Caulfield's second access to information request (GestDem 2013/1279), dated 22.04.2013 Annex 6: Attachments to response to the second acccess to information request of Mr. Caulfield (GestDem 2013/1279), dated 22.04.2013 Annex 7: Letter of Mr. Caulfield in reaction to the response of 22.04.2013 to his second access to information request (GestDem 2013/1279), dated 28.04.2013 Annex 8: Response by the EU Commission to Mr. Caulfield's letter of 28.04.2013, dated 24.05.2013 Annex 9: Response to Mr. Conroy's access to information request (GestDem 2013/1822), dated 07.05.2013 Annex 10: Letter of Mr. Caulfield in reaction to the response of 28.02.2013 to his confirmatory application (GestDem 2012/479), dated 04.03.2013 Annex 11: Letter of Mr. Caulfield in reaction to the response of 22.04.2013 to his second access to information request (GestDem 2013/1279), dated 28.04.2013 Annex 12: First complaint filed by Mr. Caulfield with the European Ombudsman, submitted on 22.01.2013 Annex 13: Second complaint filed by Mr. Caulfield with the European Ombudsman, submitted on 21.07.2013
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From the communicant | 28.10.2013 |
| Determination on admissibility | At CC-43 | 20.12.2013 |
| Letter to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 25.03.2014 |
| Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 25.03.2014 |
| Email attaching: Annex 1: Redacted information Annex 2: Redacted information (first 10 pages) Annex 3: Reply from President Barroso Annex 4: Reply from Commissioner Oettinger |
From the communicant | 09.09.2014 |
| Response to the communication Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5 Annex 6 Annex 7 Annex 8 Annex 9 Annex 10 Annex 11 Annex 12 Annex 13 Annex 14 Explanatory memorandum referred to in footnote 26 of the Observations (not longer accessible under indicated link) |
From the Party concerned | 12.12.2014 |
| Email enclosing newspaper clipping | From the communicant | 21.12.2014 |
| EU Ombudsman decision on complaint 181/2013/AN | From the communicant | 17.02.2015 |
| Email enclosing: Annex 1: Decision of EU Ombudsman on complaint 240/201/FOR of 28.04.2015 Annex 2: Reply to EU Ombudsman of 15 July 2014 |
From the communicant | 04.05.2015 |
| Letter to the communicant requesting further inform on exhaustion of domestic remedies | From the secretariat | 18.06.2015 |
| Email enclosing Attachment 1: Communicant's reply regarding exhaustion of domestic remedies Attachment 2: Powerpoint presentation on evaluation of Projects of Common Interest by Joint Research Centre |
From the communicant | 21.06.2015 |
| Letter to Parties seeking further information regarding domestic remedies | From the secretariat | 05.10.2015 |
| From the Party concerned | 12.10.2015 | |
| Email regarding Party concerned's request for extension enclosing invitation to Party concerned to attend discussion at the Committee's 51st meeting | From the secretariat | 10.11.2015 |
| Invitation to communicant to attend discussion at Committee's 51st meeting | From the secretariat | 10.11.2015 |
| Email enclosing response on exhaustion of domestic remedies | From the Party concerned | 30.11.2015 |
| Email enclosing comments on exhaustion of domestic remedies | From the communicant | 04.12.2015 (dated 03.12.2015) |
| Opening statement for discussion at Committee's 51st meeting | From the communicant | 16.12.2015 |
| Opening statement for discussion at Committee's 51st meeting | From the Party concerned | 16.12.2015 |
| Letter enclosing Committee's questions to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 03.01.2016 |
| Email with the chronology of events | From the communicant | 17.04.2016 |
| Response to the Committee's questions Attachments to footnote 3: Transmission letter European Commission's reply Annex 1 to European Commission's reply Annex 2 to European Commission's reply Attachment to footnote 5: European Commission's letter to Mr. Caufield of 28 February 2013 |
From the Party concerned | 20.05.2016 |
| Comments on the Party concerned's response to the Committee's questions | From the communicant | 06.06.2016 |
| Draft findings and letters to the Party concerned and communicant inviting their comments | From the secretariat | 06.04.2020 |
| Request for extension to comment on the draft findings | From the Party concerned | 14.05.2020 |
| Chair’s agreement to extension of deadline to comment on the draft findings | From the secretariat | 15.05.2020 |
| Comments on the draft findings | From the communicant | 17.05.2020 |
| Request for short extension to comment on the draft findings | From the Party concerned | 30.06.2020 |
| Chair’s agreement to short extension of deadline to comment on the draft findings | From the secretariat | 01.07.2020 |
| Cover letter enclosing comments on the draft findings | From the Party concerned | 03.07.2020 |
| Additional comments on the Committee’s draft findings | From the communicant | 04.07.2020 |
| Findings ENG FRE RUS | 04.08.2020 |