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Inquiry Procedure
Article 3 and Appendix IV of the Espoo Convention provide an inquiry procedure. Also relevant is paragraph 15 of the appendix to decision III/2 ("Where a matter is being considered under an inquiry procedure under Article 3, paragraph 7, of the Convention, that matter may not be the subject of a submission under this decision.").
The fourth meeting of the Parties adopted a decision on the inquiry procedure, further to a note by the secretariat on the first inquiry procedure, considered by the Working Group on EIA. |
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Inquiry Commission (photographs below) |
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Danube-Black Sea Deep Water Navigation Canal in the Ukrainian Sector of the Danube Delta |
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Date of notification |
19 August 2004 |
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Requesting party |
Romania
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ref. No. E VI-I/5091) |
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Ukraine |
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Membership of the inquiry commission |
President: Prof. Joost Terwindt, Emeritus Professor in Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Romania: Dr. Mircea Staras, Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea, Romania
Ukraine: Dr. Lyudmyla Anishchenko, Ukrainian Research Institute of Ecological Problems, Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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First (preparatory) meeting, 26 January 2005, Geneva.
Second (preparatory) meeting, 24 February 2005, Geneva.
Meeting, 28 October 2005, Geneva.
Meeting, 16 December 2005, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
Site visit, 8-13 May 2006, Romania & Ukraine.
Final meeting, 30 (p.m.)-31 May 2006, Geneva.
Transmission of the Inquiry Commission's opinion to the parties to the inquiry procedure and to the secretariat, 10 July 2006, Geneva. |
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Final opinion |
Final report (1.7 MB) |
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Unanimous conclusion that there will likely be a significant adverse transboundary impact.
See also press releases. |
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Final reports by specialist experts
| Report of the Hydro-Morphology Expert, Jos van Gils (2MB) |
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| Report of the Geochemistry Expert, Nico de Rooij |
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| Report of the Fishery Expert, Stefan Schmutz (1.3MB) |
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| Report of the Birdlife Expert, Mark O'Connell (2MB) |
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Contributions by the Members of the Commission
Dr Mircea Staras
| Rom. 1: Documentation on the likely significant transboundary impact of the Ukrainian Deep-water Navigation Canal Danube-Black Sea in the context of ESPOO Convention, 1991.
February, 2005 (1.6MB) |
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| Rom. 2: Additional information requested for the third meeting of the Inquiry Commission on the likely significant transboundary impact of the Ukrainian Deep-water Navigation Canal
Danube-Black Sea in the context of ESPOO Convention, 1991. October, 2005 |
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| Rom. 3: Comments to Annexes no. 15-28, presented by the Ukrainian expert at the third meeting of
the Inquiry Commission on the likely significant transboundary impact of the Ukrainian Deep-Water Navigation Canal Danube-Black Sea in the context of ESPOO Convention, 1991. December 2005 |
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| Rom. 4: Comments on documentation presented by Ukrainian expert at 4th meeting of the Inquiry Commission (16 Dec. 2005) |
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Dr Lyudmyla Anischenko
| Ukr. 1 The assessment of transboundary impact of the navigation route reopening in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, February 2005 |
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| - Report |
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| - Annex 1 |
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| - Annex 2 |
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| - Annex 3 |
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| - Annex 4 |
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| - Annex 5 |
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| - Annex 6 |
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| - Annex 6a (2 MB) |
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| - Annex 6b (2 MB) |
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| - Annex 6c (2 MB) |
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| - Annex 7 |
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| - Annex 8 |
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| - Annex 9 |
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| - Annex 9, original (1.1 MB) |
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| - Annex 10 |
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| - Annex 11 |
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| - Annex 12 |
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| - Annex 13 |
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| - Annex 14 |
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| - Annex 14, revised |
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| Ukr. 2, October 2005 |
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| - Annex 15 |
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| - Annex 16 |
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| - Annex 17 |
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| - Annex 18 |
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| - Annex 19 |
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| - Annex 20 |
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| - Annex 21 |
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| - Annex 22 |
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| - Annex 23 |
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| - Annex 24 |
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| - Annex 25 |
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| - Annex 26 |
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| - Annex 27 (2 MB) |
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| - Annex 28 (2 MB) |
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| Ukr. 3, December 2005 |
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| - Annex 30 |
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| - Annex 31 |
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| - Annex 32 |
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| Ukr. 4, April 2006 |
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| - Annex 34 |
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| - Annex 35 |
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| - Annex 36 |
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| - Annex 37 |
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| - Annex 38 |
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| - Annex 39 |
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| - Annex 40 |
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| Ukr. 5, May-June 2006 |
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| - Annex 42 |
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| - Annex 43 |
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| - Annex 44 |
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| - Annex 45 (1.1 MB) |
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| - Annex 46 |
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| - Annex 47 |
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| Ukr. 6 Report on Scientific Research Work: "Environmental Assessment (EA) within the framework of the project "Creation of the Danube – the Black Sea deep-water navigable passage in the Ukrainian part of the delta. Stage 1". Ministry of Environment Protection of Ukraine. Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2003 |
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Additional information |
Report of the Joint Mission of the Expert Team of the European Commission and International Conventions to the "Bystroe project" in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta (6-8 October 2004) |
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Submission of the opinion of the Inquiry Commission, 10 July 2006, Geneva. From left: Deputy
Permanent Representative of Romania, Monika Linn (UNECE), Kaj Barlund (UNECE), UNECE Executive
Secretary Marek Belka, Ambassador of Ukraine and Joost Terwindt (President of the Inquiry Commission). |
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Meeting with NGOs in Bucharest, May 2006. From left: Mircea Staras (Romania), Wiek Schrage (UNECE secretariat), Joost Terwindt (President), Liudmila Anishchenko (Ukraine) and interpreter. |
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Meeting with NGOs in Bucharest, May 2006.
Both photographs courtesy Eco-Counselling Centre, Galati (Romania). |
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