The Aarhus Convention

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-59
Keyword(s):  
Aarhus Convention

scholarly journals Das Maßnahmengesetzvorbereitungsgesetz vom 22. März 2020 – Fundament legislativer Bauwerke ohne Rechtsschutz?

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Alexander Brigola ◽  
Franziska Heß
Keyword(s):  
Aarhus Convention

ZusammenfassungMit Datum vom 1.4.2020 trat das Gesetz zur Vorbereitung der Schaffung von Baurecht durch Maßnahmengesetz im Verkehrsbereich in Kraft (Maßnahmengesetzvorbereitungsgesetz, “MgvG”). Es soll die Basis schaffen, einen Katalog von Verkehrsinfrastrukturprojekten auf der Schiene und zu Wasser durch Legislativ- statt durch Verwaltungsakt zulassen zu können. Das selbst gesteckte Ziel des Bundestages ist die Steigerung der Akzeptanz in der Bevölkerung sowie die beschleunigte Realisierung der gelisteten Vorhaben. Der vorliegende Beitrag nähert sich dem legislativen Fundament mit skurrilem Namen in vier Schritten: Zunächst wird, erstens, das MgvG im Überblick in seinen beiden Ebenen vorgestellt, die das vorgeschaltete behördliche Verfahren und den Legislativakt beinhalten. Sodann wird, zweitens, der verfassungsrechtliche Leading Case hinsichtlich der Zulassung von Verkehrsinfrastrukturprojekten durch Maßnahmengesetz analysiert, der Beschluss des BVerfG zur Südumfahrung Stendal aus dem Juli 1996. In einem dritten Schritt wird der Scheinwerfer auf das Völker- und Unionsrecht gerichtet: Die Crossrail-Entscheidung des Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee aus dem Jahr 2011 sowie das Urteil des EuGH im Fall Inter-Environment Wallonie aus dem Jahr 2019 werden vorgestellt. Am Ende wird, viertens, ein Fazit stehen, das die ambitionierte Mission des Bundestages auf den Boden der rechtsstaatlichen Tatsachen zurückholt und den gebotenen fachgerichtlichen Rechtsschutz einfordert.

Public participation in the preparation of plans and programs: some reflections on the scope of obligations under Article 7 of the Aarhus Convention

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-515
Author(s):  
Jerzy Jendrośka
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Aarhus Convention ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Scope Of Application

AbstractThe article aims to present the main legal issues related to implementation of the provisions of Article 7 of the Aarhus Convention regarding public participation in the preparations of plans and programs. The analysis is presented against the background of an overview of the legal nature and scope of obligations stemming from the second pillar of the Convention. The article attempts to identify the scope of application of Article 7 and the main elements of the framework for public participation included therein. The legal analysis is based, where appropriate, on the respective opinions of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee. The implementation of the Aarhus Convention in EU law will be addressed in this respect in a separate article in the forthcoming issue of the journal.

Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee: Origins, Status and Activities

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Jendrośka
Keyword(s):  
Legal Basis ◽  
Aarhus Convention

AbstractThe article aims to provide a background to a new series of reports presenting current cases related to the implementation of the Aarhus Convention. To this end the article briefly presents the origins and legal basis of the Committee as well as its structure and procedures, pointing to some of its particular features and providing some personal observations in this respect.

The Aarhus Convention and Polish Regulations Concerning Parties to Proceedings for Issuing the eia Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 56-76
Author(s):  
Magdalena Michalak ◽  
Przemysław Kledzik
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
United Nations Economic Commission ◽  
The Public ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
Aarhus Convention ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Environmental Law And Policy

Abstract The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters was adopted on 25 June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus. According to its provisions each state Part shall, within the framework of the national legal order, ensure that members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law or another independent and impartial body established by law. At the same time, it contains regulations specifying the criteria that constitute the basis for determining persons enjoying rights to access justice with respect to national legal orders. Poland, being one of the state Parties, introduced into national legal order special provisions enabling implementation of the Aarhus Convention, including regulations concerning parties to proceedings in environmental matters. The aim of the study is to analyse and assess these regulations in the light of the requirements adopted in the Aarhus Convention and to formulate general conclusions in the field of key issues of the international and European environmental law and policy.

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