Case status: Findings adopted on 04.08.2020 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: On-going; see Decision VII/8l.
Topics: Protection of environmental defenders; Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 6; 7; 9.
Articles considered by the Committee: 3 (8); 6 (1)(a), 6 (2)–(9); 9 (4).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 3 (8); 6 (2) (d) (ii), 6 (4), 6 (7), 6 (8), 6 (9).
Summary: On 30 December 2013, Association Rudamina Community submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging non-compliance by Lithuania with articles 6, 7 and 9 of the Convention regarding construction of an overhead power line.
| Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary determination on admissibility | At CC44 | |
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Communication and letter of representation |
From the communicant | 30.12.2013 |
| Letter to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 27.06.2014 |
| Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 27.06.2014 |
|
Response to the communication |
From the Party concerned | 26.11.2014 |
| Comments from the communicant | From the communicant | 15.12.2014 (dated 12.12.2014) |
| Letters inviting the Party concerned and the communicant to a hearing at the Committee's 48th meeting | From the secretariat | 12.02.2015 |
|
Additional remarks of the communicant regarding explanations of the Republic of Lithuania |
From the communicant | 25.02.2015 |
| Comments on communicant's comments of 15.12.2014 | From the Party concerned | 13.03.2015 |
| Additional information | From the communicant | 20.03.2015 |
| Letter to parties enclosing the Committee's questions following the discussion at the 48th meeting | From the secretariat | 18.05.2015 |
| Reply to Committee's questions and comments on the national legislation following discussion at the 48th meeting | From the communicant | 05.06.2015 |
| Reply to Committee's questions following discussion at the 48th meeting Attachment 1: Decision of Kaunas District Court 05.07.2012 Attachment 2: Decision of Supreme Administrative Court 29.05.2013 Attachment 3: Statement of defence to Kaunas District Court Attachment 4: Statement of defence to Supreme Administrative Court |
From the Party concerned | 08.06.2015 |
| Comments on communicant's additional remarks of 25.02.2015 | From the Party concerned | 09.06.2015 |
| Email Attachment 1: Comments by Party concerned regarding comments submitted by communicant during public participation procedure Attachment 2: Comments by Party concerned on communicant's comments regarding national legislation |
From the Party concerned | 25.06.2015 |
| Update on project construction | From the communicant | 25.06.2015 |
| Brief comments on Party concerned's comments of 25.06.2015 | From the communicant | 26.06.2015 |
| Update enclosing statement for Bern Convention mediation | From the communicant | 11.11.2015 |
| Letter to the Party concerned enclosing questions from the Committee | From the secretariat | 11.05.2016 |
| Reply to Committee's questions | From the Party concerned | 25.05.2016 |
| Comments on Party concerned's reply to the Committee's questions | From the communicant | 30.05.2016 |
| Questions from the Committee to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 15.08.2017 |
| Request for an extension to reply to the questions | From the Party concerned | 28.08.2017 |
| Reply of the Chair of the Committee to the request for an extension | From the secretariat | 29.08.2017 |
| Reply to questions from the Committee | From the Party concerned | 31.08.2017 |
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Comments on Party concerned's reply to Committee's questions Annex 1: Example of newspaper notice LIT Annex 2: Minutes of meeting on 30 March 2010 LIT Annex 3: Court decision rejecting communicant's application to be released from costs, 8 December 2014 LIT LIT marked |
From the communicant | 07.09.2017 |
| Reply to the remaining questions from the Committee | From the Party concerned | 02.10.2017 |
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Comments on Party concerned's reply to the remaining questions from the Committee Annex 1: European Commission reply to access to information request GestDem 2015/829, 30.03.2015 Annex 2: 2009 European Commission Decision granting financial aid for an action concerning "Feasibility studies of the LitPol Link Project" |
From the communicant | 09.10.2017 |
| Request to Party concerned for relevant legislation | From the secretariat | 27.09.2018 |
| EIA Procedure Description LIT ENG | From the Party concerned | 28.09.2018 |
| Draft findings and letters to the Party concerned and the communicant inviting their comments | From the secretariat | 01.09.2020 |
| Request for extension of commenting deadline | From the Party concerned | 12.10.2020 |
| Chair’s decision to grant extension of deadline for comments | From the secretariat | 12.10.2020 |
| Letter enclosing: Annex 1: Comments on the Committee’s draft findings ENG Annex 2: Conclusion of SSD’s investigation LIT Annex 3: Conclusion of SSD’s investigation ENG Annex 4: Minutes of meeting on 17 December 2010 LIT Annex 5: Minutes of meeting on 17 December 2010 ENG |
From the Party concerned | 20.10.2020 |
| Comments on the Committee’s draft findings | From the communicant | 20.10.2020 |
| Comments on the Party concerned's comments on the draft findings | From the communicant | 22.10.2020 |
| Confirmation of the communicant’s factual correction | From the Party concerned | 22.10.2020 |
| Findings ENG FRE RUS | 07.06.2021 | |
| Update | From the Party concerned | 06.10.2021 |