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ACCC/C/2015/134 Belgium

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
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