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Environment Information Act - EIA.

Pays/Territoire
Autriche
Type du document
Législation
Date
1993
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Text No. 495, 27 July 1993, pp. 3779-3783.
Titre complet
Federal Act concerning access to information on the environment.
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Accès-à-l'information Législation de base Collecte de données/déclarations EIA
Aire géographique
Alpes, Europe, EUROPE ET ASIE CENTRALE, Pays de l'union européenne, Europe du ouest
Entry into force notes
The Federal Act entered into force on 1 July 1993. Paragraph 2 of section 10 entered into force on 1 January 1995.
Résumé

This Act regulates the procedures and conditions under which the general public may acquire access to environmental information kept by public bodies. Save for restrictions imposed by the need to keep certain information confidential, data on natural resources (air, soil, water, fauna, flora) and on pollution (waste, noise, etc.) are freely accessible to the public, who may obtain it upon oral or written application. The public may challenge refusals to supply this information. Data on the environment must also be entered in a catalogue by the Ministry of the Environment and placed at the disposal of the public for reference purposes. The data may also be published. The operators of certain polluting installations or installation posing a serious environmental risk are required to submit to the Ministry of the Environment all the information required for the purposes of assessing the ecological impact of their activities.

Texte intégral
Anglais/Allemand