Hamburg Environment Information Law. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Hamburg Document type Legislation Date 2005 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleLaw on access to environment information. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Pollution control Access-to-information Environmental fees/charges Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance Basic legislation Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Law implements the Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC. The purpose of the present Law is to establish a legal framework to allow a free public access to environmental information incumbent on certain entities due to provide them. Furthermore, such entities shall also provide to disseminate such information. Everybody has the right to free access to environmental information without being obliged to show a legal standing. The text consist of 4 articles as follows: Purpose and sphere of application (1); Legal protection against private information entities (2); Costs of private information entities (3); Transitional provisions (4). Full text German Website www.hamburg.de References - Legislation Implements Environment Information Act. Legislation | Germany | 1994 (2001) Keyword: Basic legislation, Access-to-information, Environmental fees/charges Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC Legislation | European Union | 2003 Keyword: Access-to-information, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Governance, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-justice, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX