Case status: Findings adopted on 26.06.2015 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: On-going; see Decision VII/8o, Decision VI/8h.
Topics: Definitions; Access to environmental information; Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 4 (1), 4 (2); 6 (6); 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee: 2 (3); 4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (4), 4 (6), 4 (7), 4 (8); 6 (3), 6 (6), 6 (7); 9 (1), 9 (4).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (6), 4 (7); 6 (3), 6 (7); 9 (4).
Summary: On 16 March 2012, Greenpeace CEE1 Romania, the Center for Legal Resources and the European network of environmental law organizations, Justice and Environment, submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee, alleging the failure of Romania to comply with its obligations under articles 4 (1) and (2), 6 (6), and 9 (4) of the Convention, in relation to the environmental impact assessment carried out for the Rosia Montana mining project.
Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Datasheet ACCC/C/2012/69 | Latest datasheet on the status of the communication | 13.05.2013 |
Determination on admissibility | At CC-36 | 30.03.2012 |
Communication | From the communicant | 13.03.2012 |
From the communicant | 13.03.2012 | |
Letter to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 08.05.2012 |
Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 08.05.2012 |
Response from the Party concerned and Cover letter | From the Party concerned | 05.10.2012 |
Answers to the Committee's questions from the communicant | From the communicant | 08.10.2012 |
Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 15.01.2013 |
Additional information in relation to the Party's response |
From the communicant | 04.02.2013 |
Letter to the Party concerned and to the communicants for the discussion at CC-40 |
From the secretariat |
13.02.2013 |
Letter to the parties after CC-40 | From the secretariat | 12.04.2013 |
Answers to the Committee's questions |
From the Party concerned | 22.05.2013 |
Decision of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, 4 October 2012 | From the communicant | 07.06.2013 |
Reaction on the response by the Party concerned (22.05.2013) | From the communicant | 05.07.2013 |
Letter to Party concerned and communicant enclosing Committee's draft findings for comment | From the secretariat | 23.02.2015 |
Email enclosing request for extension of commenting period | From the Party concerned | 23.03.2015 |
Letter enclosing further request for extension of commenting period | From the Party concerned | 26.03.2015 |
Letter to Party concerned regarding request for extension to comment on draft findings | From the secretariat | 02.04.2015 |
Comments on the Committee's draft findings | From the Party concerned | 15.04.2015 |
Email update | From the Party concerned | 13.05.2015 |
Judgement of Bucharest Court of Appeal dated 13 February 2014 ENG | From the Party concerned | 15.06.2015 |
Email to the Party concerned and communicant | From the secretariat | 15.06.2015 |
Covering email enclosing: Attachment 1: Documentation ROM Attachment 2: Original petition requesting mining-related information ROM ENG (unofficial google translation) |
From the communicant | 15.06.2015 |