Case status: Findings adopted on 26.07.2021 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: Committee refrained from making recommendations; see para. 11 of Decision VII/8 on general issues of compliance.
Topics: Access to environmental information; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 1; 3; 4 (1), 4 (2); 9 (1), 9 (3), 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee: 2 (2), 2 (3); 4 (1), 4 (2), 4 (7); 9 (1), 9 (4).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 4 (2), 4 (7); 9 (1), 9 (4).
Summary: On 9 October 2015, Avala ASBL, a non-governmental organization, and Mr. Francis Doutreloux submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging the failure of Belgium to comply with articles 1, 3, 4 (1) and (2) and 9 (1), (3) and (4) of the Convention in connection with access to environmental information.
Documents | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Communication (Eng) (Fre) Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5 |
From the communicant | 09.10.2015 |
Letter to the communicant requesting additional information on the use of domestic remedies | From the secretariat | 18.11.2015 |
Letter from the communicant ENG FRE | From the communicant | 20.11.2015 |
Letter to Party concerned enclosing preliminary determination of admissibility and forwarding communication for Party concerned's response | From the secretariat | 11.03.2016 |
Additional information FRE ENG Annex 1: Correspondence with the European Commission of 18 September 2015 FRE ENG Annex 2: Correspondence with the European Commission of 22 October 2015 FRE ENG Annex 3: Correspondence with the European Commission of 19 November 2015 FRE ENG Annex 4: Correspondence with the European Commission of 7 April 2016 FRE ENG |
From the communicant | 13.06.2016 |
Response to communication FRE ENG | From the Party concerned | 02.08.2016 (corrected 28.11.2016) |
Letter enclosing judgment of Justice of the Peace of Malmedy-Spa-Stavelot no. 15A23 dated 7 September 2016 FRE ENG | From the communicant | 27.09.2016 |
Statement at the Committee's 55th meeting | From the Party concerned | 06.12.2016 |
Additional information FRE ENG | From the communicant | 04.10.2017 |
Letters inviting Party concerned and communicant to hearing at Committee's 60th meeting | From the secretariat | 29.01.2018 |
Additional information FRE ENG | From the Party concerned | 01.03.2018 |
Letter FRE ENG | From the communicant | 06.03.2018 |
Letter FRE ENG | From the communicant | 23.04.2018 |
Letters inviting Party concerned and communicant to hearing at the Committee’s 62nd meeting | From the secretariat | 10.09.2018 |
Letter enclosing questions from the Committee to the parties | From the secretariat | 28.06.2019 |
Request for extension to reply to the Committee's questions FRE | From the communicant | 03.07.2019 |
Request for extension to reply to the Committee's questions | From the Party concerned | 22.07.2019 |
Email to parties regarding request for extensions | From the secretariat | 22.07.2019 |
Reply to the Committee's questions ENG FRE | From the communicant | 14.08.2019 |
Reply to the Committee's questions ENG FRE | From the Party concerned | 15.08.2019 |
Update on award of costs ENG FRE | From the communicant | 07.10.2020 |
Letter enclosing writ of summons dated 04.11.2020 FRE | From the communicant | 09.11.2020 |
Comments on the communicant’s email of 09.11.2020 | From the Party concerned | 11.02.2021 |
Draft findings and letters to the Party concerned and communicant inviting their comments | From the secretariat | 17.06.2021 |
Comments on the Committee’s draft findings ENG FRE | From the communicant | 14.07.2021 (dated 13.07.2021) |
Comments on the Committee’s draft findings ENG FRE | From the Party concerned | 22.07.2021 (dated 20.07.2021) |
Comments on the Party concerned’ s comments ENG FRE | From the communicant | 26.07.2021 |
Findings ENG FRE RUS | 26.07.2021 |