CONTENTS
1.
SUMMARY AND
ASSESSMENT
1.1 Procedural
overview
1.2
Overview of
specific issues
3.
DEFINITIONS
3.1
Public authorities
3.2
Environmental
Information
3.3
Environmental
Decisionmaking
3.4 The Public
3.5 Public
concerned
4.
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
4.1 General
obligations
4.2
General provisions
on public participation
4.3
Environmental
education
4.4 Support for NGOs
4.5
The Convention as
a 'floor', not a 'ceiling'
4.6
International bodies
and processes (Art. 2.8)
4.7
Anti-harrassment
provision
5.
INFORMATION
PROVISIONS
5.1 Time limits
5.2 Exemptions
5.3
Procedure where
information is not held
5.4
Information available
to public authorities but
not held (3.3A)
5.5
Assistance in
clarifying requests (3.4)
5.6
Separation of
exempt from
non-exempt material
(3.5)
5.7 Procedures
for
refusals
5.8
Charges for
information (3.7)
6. OTHER
ISSUES
6.1
Non-Compliance
Mechanisms
6.2
Pollutant Release
and Transfer Registers
6.3 Rights
6.4 Miscellaneous
ANNEXES
I
ECO/REC proposal on
Non-Compliance
Mechanism
II
ECO proposal on
PRTRs