Case status: Pending.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 6 (4), 6 (8); 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee: -
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: The communication was submitted to the Compliance Committee on 27 January 2020 by Centar za ekologiju I odrzivi razvoj and ClientEarth. The communication alleged that the Party concerned failed to comply with articles 6 (4) and (8) of Convention with respect to the Kostolac B3 coal-fired thermal power plant project, and 9 (4) of the Convention regarding access to injunctive relief in general.
Documents | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Communication Annex 1: Loan agreement ENG SER Annex 2: MOU of 13 May 2010 ENG SER CHI Annex 3 : Pre-contract of November 2010 Annex 4: Development contract of 20 November 2013 Annex 5: Notice of Effectiveness of Loan Agreement of 25 May 2015 Annex 6: Relevant provisions of national law ENG SER Annex 7: Drmno screening decision of 26 July 2013 ENG SER Annex 8: EIA decision of 28 September 2017 Annex 9: Twitter of Ministry of Mining and Energy of 16 April 2019 ENG SER Annex 10: Photographs taken of Kostolac B3 in August and October 2019 |
From the communicant | 27.01.2020 |
Letters to the Party concerned and the communicant enclosing Committee’s determination of preliminary admissibility and forwarding the communication for the Party concerned’s response | From the secretariat | 23.03.2020 |
Request for extension of deadline for response to communication | From the Party concerned | 13.08.2020 |
Email to Party concerned regarding request for extension to provide response to communication | From the secretariat | 17.08.2020 |
Response to the communication Appendix |
From the Party concerned | 10.11.2020 |
Letters inviting Party concerned and communicants to hearing at the Committee’s 83rd meeting | From the secretariat | 15.04.2024 |
Update Annex 11: Request by CEKOR to Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure dated 3.04.2018 to annul construction permit for chimney and repeat procedure, including confirmation of delivery SER Annex 12: Submission by CEKOR to Administrative Court of Serbia dated 14.05.2019 challenging construction permit for turbine, boiler and generator, including confirmation of delivery SER Annex 13: Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia, Decision no. 353-02-00124 / 2017-16 dated 28.02.2022 ENG SER |
From the communicants | 31.05.2024 |
Opening statement at hearing Annex: Diagram |
From the communicants | 14.06.2024 |
Additional information Annex 1: European Commission Serbia 2023 Report Annex 2: Serbia Annual Implementation Report 2023 |
From the communicants | 17.06.2024 |