are publicly available to the public(see , cf. the Environmental Information Act)

National Environmental Information System

(b) The procedure for the provision of environmental information is contained in the regulations on the procedure for providing environmental information.

www.cios.gov.pl (MoE Environmental Information Centre).

Environmental Safety Information System (KBIR)

a) Protection of the right to of access to environmental information b) Protection of the rights under the environmental impact assessment EIA procedure c) Protection of the rights under the integrated environmental permitting procedure

http kbir.kvvm.hu )

There are also voluntary environmental certification schemes, which include requirements to provide environmental information.

Therefore, tThe Environmental Information Act lays down provides that certain provisions in the Access to Documents Act do not apply to environmental information.

The Environmental Information Act also applies to information on the cultural heritage.

The existence of the Appeals Board ensures proper evaluation and control of whether requests for environmental information are treated in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

This possibility isn included in the Environmental Information Act.

C. Collection and dissemination of environmental information (art.

(1) Lack of a single centre for the collection and communication of environmental information.

Moreover, the Public Environmental Information Centre, or Aarhus Centre , under the Ministry of Nature Protection, provides environmental information to the public free of charge.

Until nowTo date, the list of links to the authorities holding such information, the so called Directory of the Environmental Information, has been compiled with a view of facilitating to facilitate the search for the environmental information.

With regard to the environment, rRegulations are being prepared on the dissemination of environmental information

The committee drew up a proposal for a new eEnvironmental iInformation aAct.

ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ON GMOs, COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES WITH GMOs

With regard to cases on access to documents with environmental information, tThe Environmental Information Act states that refusals of requests for access to environmental information must have a reason be reasoned and be accompanied by advice on appeals.

(b) Publicly accessible records of documents are the main tool source of environmental informationfor mak9ng environmental information available The rTheyecords are maintained by the competent authorities, and include for example most of public documents concerning environment, for example applications for, and texts of, the decisions subject to Aarticle 6 of the Convention , environmental impactEIA assessment documentation containing the information referred to in Aarticle 6, paras.

The consistency of the environmental and economic information of SNA add considerable value to both the environmental and economic information and improve the quality of both statistics.

Development of a UNEP AGEDI regional strategy for environmental information is currently under way.

The manner and the procedure through which access to environmental information is provided shall be subject to a secondary legislativeon act.

STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND OBSERVATION CAPACITY IN EASTERN EUROPE, THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA

(b) The Environmental Information Act sets unconditional limits for responding to requests for information.

According to information provided by the Czech Environmental Institute, there are 37 environmental information systems, which need to be interconnected and mutually coordinated.

(f) (f) Article 104 of the EPAEnvironmental Protection Act regulates concerns the establishment of environmental registers.

(g) (g) Article 105 EPAof the Environmental Protection Act regulates concerns the eEnvironmental information system.

(i) (i) Article 105 EPAof the Environmental Protection Act regulates applies to an Eenvironmental information system.

There are no statistics on environmental information published by State bodies in Kazakhstan.

(iii) The dDissemination of environmental information in during emergencies is regulated by Act No. 239 2000 Coll., on the Iintegrated rRescue sSystem and on amendment to some laws, as amended, and Act No.

Access to environmental information is provided free of charge or at low cost (cf. question 7).

The INFOTERRA International Directory contains over 6,000 sources of environmental information.

Section 12 of the Environmental Information Act lays down that certain types of information shall always be made available on request.

The Environmental Information Act also lays downstipulates that information is to be provided in the form requested by the applicant.

The Environmental Information Act contains a similar requirement as into aaArticleicle 4, first paragraph para. (b) (i)

The functions of eEnvironmental information centres are locally carried maintained out locally by the regional environmental protection departments, (REPDs) and city and regional agencies of cities and regions in the immediate proximity to of the residents of each territorial unit.

The objectives include further improving activities in supplying environmental information in various fields.

This is considered to be unnecessary, since both the Environmental Information Act and the Freedom of Information Act apply to any person .

The development of the Environmental Information System has started by was initiated by the Project the REReEP 1.8 Project ( (Development of National Environmental Information Systems for the Southeeast European CCountries)) Due to the limited resources, only part of the system has been developed.

Recommendation on Environmental Information 3 April 1998 C(98)67 Final.

The existing legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic gives the public the right of access to information, including environmental information.

Kazakhstan does not keep a record of general statistical data concerning requests for environmental information.

There are is no available information on other type of organized legal assistance in the environmental field of environment