Case status: Findings adopted on 03.04.2009 – No non-compliance found; see para. 6 of Decision IV/9.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Definitions; Access to environmental information; Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 4 (1); 5 (3); 6.
Articles considered by the Committee: 2 (3); 4 (4), 4 (7); 6; 9 (1).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: On 14 August 2007, the Albanian non-governmental organization Civic Alliance for the Protection of the Bay of Vlora submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging a failure by the European Community to comply with its obligations under article 6 of the Convention. The communication alleged that the European Community, through the European Investment Bank, was not in compliance by virtue of its decision to finance the construction of a thermo-power plant (TPP) in Vlora, Albania, without ensuring proper public participation in the process. Furthermore, in the communicant’s opinion the European Community had also not been in compliance with articles 4 (1) and 5 (3) of the Convention.
Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat | |
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Datasheet ACCC/C/2007/21 | 20.05.2009 | ||
Determination on admissibility | At CC-18 | 30.11.2007 | |
Communication | 14.08.2007 | ||
Letter to the communicant requesting additional information | Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee made at CC-17 | 01.10.2007 | |
Memorandum from the communicant | In response to the secretariat’s letter of 01.10.2007 | 09.11.2007 | |
Copy of information request from EIB | Annex I to the memorandum from the communicant of 09.11.2007 | 09.11.2007 | |
Copy of EIB reponse | Annex II to the memorandum from the communicant of 09.11.2007 | 09.11.2007 | |
Letter to the Party informing about the communication and raising several points | Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee made at CC-12 | 19.12.2007 | |
Letter to the communicant regarding preliminary admissibility of the communication and request for additional information | Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee made at CC-13 | 19.12.2007 | |
Email from the Party concerned concerning delay in providing response | Email from the EC Focal Point for the Convention | 20.05.2008 | |
Letter to the Party concerned regarding delay in providing its response | Letter from the secretariat on behalf of the Committee | 15.07.2008 | |
Reponse by the Party concerned | Official response pursuant to para. 23 of the annex to decision I/7 | 10.08.2008 | |
Additional information from the communicant | Letter from the communicant in response to questions posed by the committee (secretariat's letter dated 19.12.2007) | 22.08.2008 | |
Financial agreement on Vlora TTPA: Annexes 1 and 2 | Additional information provided by the communicant | 22.08.2008 | |
Letter from the European Ombudsman to the communicant dated 19.06.2007 | Additional information provided by the communicant | 24.09.2008 | |
Letter from the European Ombudsman to the communicant dated 23.09.2008 | Additional information provided by the communicant | 24.09.2008 | |
Official EIB webpages dedicated to the Bank's complaints mechanism | Additional information provided by the Party concerned | 24.09.2008 | |
Memorandum of Understanding between the European Ombudsman and the EIB concerning information on the Bank's policies, standards and procedures and the handling of complaints, including complaints from non-citizens and non-residents of the European Union | Additional information provided by the Party concerned | 25.09.2008 | |
Letter from the secretariat to the Party concerned forwarding the draft findings of the Compliance Committee for comments | Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee | 22.01.2009 | |
Letter from the secretariat to the communicant forwarding the draft findings of the Compliance Committee for comments | Letter from the secretariat sent at the request of the Committee | 22.01.2009 | |
Draft findings of the Compliance Committee concerning compliance by the European Community | As sent for comments to the Party concerned and the communicant | 22.01.2009 | |
Comments from the European Community on the draft findings of the Compliance Committee | Letter from the European Community | 24.02.2009 | |
Comments from the communicant on the draft findings of the Compliance Committee | Letter from the communicant | 03.03.2009 | |
Letter from the Party concerned concerning finalization of draft findings | Letter from the European Community | 18.03.2009 | |
Letter from the communicant asking to keep communication open, to request comments from other NGOs, and to change rapporteur | Letter to the Secretariat | 02.04.2009 | |
Letter from the communicant asking to keep communication open | Letter to the Secretariat | 05.05.2009 | |
Letter to the communicant forwarding advance copy of findings and acknowledging receipt of latest correspondence | Letter to the Secretariat | 18.05.2009 | |
Letter to the Party concerned forwarding advance copy of findings and latest correspondence from the communicant | Letter to the Secretariat | 18.05.2009 | |
Advance copy of findings | Letter to the Secretariat | 18.05.2009 | |
Letter to communicant informing about decision not to re-visit the findings | Letter from the secretariat | 30.07.2009 | |
Findings En Fr Ru | From the secretariat | 08.02.2011 |