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ACCC/C/2012/69 Romania

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
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

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3

Annex 4

Annex 5

Annex 6

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
Annex 1 Rom Eng
Annex 2 Rom Eng
Annex 3 Rom Eng
Annex 4 Rom Eng

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