Environment Information Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2004 (2021) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 73, 28 December 2004, pp. 3704-3710. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Basic legislation Access-to-information Environmental fees/charges Data collection/reporting Monitoring Public participation Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Act enters into force on 14 February 2005. Abstract The purpose of this Law is to establish the legal framework for free access to environmental information for bodies subject to information and for the dissemination of this environmental information. In accordance with this Law, every person is entitled to free access to environmental information while access can be opened by providing information, granting access to the file or in any other way. Article 2 provides for bodies subject to information, control, all data about environmental information and a body subject to information. The Law further refers to application procedure, rejections, legal protection protection of public interest, informing the public, environmental status report and monitoring. The text consists of 14 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Access to information upon application (2); Reasons to decline an application (3); Diffusion of information on the environment (4); Final provisions (5). Full text German Website www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Repeals Environment Information Act. Legislation | Germany | 1994 (2001) Keyword: Basic legislation, Access-to-information, Environmental fees/charges Source: FAO, FAOLEX