Press Release: European Commission welcomes adoption of Directive on public access to environmental information

The European Commission has welcomed the successful outcome of the Conciliation procedure between the European Parliament and the Council on the Commission's proposal for a Directive on public access to environmental information, which is now finally agreed. The Directive will replace the existing Directive 90/313/EC on the freedom of access to information on the environment. The new Directive improves the public information access provided by existing legislation and is also the first step towards EU ratification of the international convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters, which was adopted at Aarhus in June 1998.

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