Case status: Pending.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Definitions; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 2(5); 9 (2), (3) and (5).
Articles considered by the Committee: -
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: The communication was submitted to the Compliance Committee on 29 August 2022 by the association France Nature Environnement and others. The communication alleged non-compliance by France with articles 2(5), and 9(2), (3), and (5) of the Convention with respect to access to justice for non-governmental organizations in planning matters and access to justice before an impartial body in cases before the Constitutional Council.
| Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
|---|---|---|
| Communication ENG FRE Annexes 1–47 FRE Annexes 5-6 and 11-33 ENG |
From the communicants | 10.11.2022 |
| Statement on preliminary admissibility of communication | From the communicants | 09.12.2022 |
| Observer statement on preliminary admissibility | From the observer Earthjustice | 13.12.2022 |
| Letters to the Party concerned and the communicants enclosing Committee's determination of preliminary admissibility and forwarding the communication for the Party concerned's response | From the secretariat | 21.02.2023 |
| Letter FRE enclosing response to communication FRE | From the Party concerned | 21.07.2023 |
| Observer statement ENG FRE | From observer, Dr. Benjamin Pouchoux | 06.10.2023 |
| Email enclosing observer's statement ENG FRE | From observers Ms. Fontaine, Mr. Perroud, and Mr. Rousseau | 10.10.2023 |
| Comments on Party’s response ENG FRE Annex 48: Decision no. 464355 of the Council of State dated 10.03.2023 ENG FRE Annex 49: CJEU judgment no. 252/22 dated 11.01.2024 ENG FRE Annex 50: Extract from Labetoulle report 25.04.2013 ENG FRE Annex 51: Extract of report on the jurisdictional activities of the administrative courts 2022 ENG FRE Annex 52: Opinion of the Law Commission on the ELAN bill - G. Vuilletet (n°846) ENG FRE Annex 53: Findings and recommendations with regard to communication ACCC/C/2010/50 (Czechia) ENG FRE Annex 54: Article 56 of the Constitution ENG FRE |
From the communicants | 20.02.2024 |
| Annex 55: Article 13 of the Constitution ENG FRE Annex 56: Law no. 838 of 23 July 2010 ENG FRE Annex 57: Greetings from the President of the Republic to the Constitutional Council 08.01.2024 ENG FRE Annex 58: Annual Report 2023, Constitutional Court ENG Annex 59: Decision no. 2023-1058 QPC of 21.07.2023 ENG FRE Annex 60: Practical instruction on the disqualification of judges – ECHR ENG FRE Annex 61: Decision no. 2023-1060 QPC of 14.09.2023 ENG FRE Annex 62: Report of National Assembly's Committee on obstacles to the independence of the judiciary, 02.09.2020 ENG FRE |
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| Annex 63: Decree of 05.03.2022 on the composition of the government ENG FRE |