Law No. 227-VI “On ecological information.” Pays/Territoire Turkménistan Type du document Législation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé EIA Collecte de données/déclarations Accès-à-l'information Aire géographique Asie, Mer Caspienne, Asie Centrale, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe et Asie Centrale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Asie du Nord Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Résumé This Law determines legal, organizational, economic and social basis for ensuring access to environmental information and aims to ensure the rights of legal entities and natural persons to receive complete, reliable and timely information on the environment and natural resources. Ecological information shall be intended any environmental information in written, audiovisual, electronic or other material form. This Law regulates the relations concerning the enforcement of the right of access to environmental information held by the owners of environmental information, its transfer or distribution by the owners of environmental information, and defines the basic conditions and procedures to secure that right. Environmental information shall be classified as publicly available information and specialized environmental information. Environmental information on harmful effects on the environment cannot be classified as specialized ecological of information. Environmental information includes the following data on: (a) state of environment; (b) on pollutants; (c) on measures concerning environment; (d) on regulatory legal acts implementation of which has or can have environmental impact; (e) degree of environmental impact that can have impact of public health, their vital activity and security; and (f) other environmental information established by the legislation of Turkmenistan. This Law consists of V Chapters divided into 20 Articles. Chapter I lays down general provisions. Chapter II regards types and content of environmental information and sources of formation thereof. Chapter III regulates access to environmental information. Chapter IV regulates application for and decisions in the field of environmental information. Chapter V lays down final provisions. Texte intégral Russe Site web www.turkmenistan.gov.tm