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1331.Limitation period hampers the litigation on the legality of construction of new nuclear blocks N3 and 4 at KhNPP (2013-11-09)
... On October 22, 2013 the Kiev Appeal Administrative Court left in force the decision of the District administrative court of Kyiv dated 13.08.2013 which left the EPL suit without consideration due to the expiration of the 6-months limitation period. Back in May 2013 EPL filed a suit to administrative court against the Ministry of energy... ...
1332.The Appellate Court found unlawful redirection of EPL’s complaints to a body actions of which we challenge (2013-10-28)
... The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine as well as local prosecutor’s offices have a wide-spread practice of not considering complaints on the merit and redirecting them to a body an activity or a decision of which is challenged by a physical or legal entity. This is a violation of p. 4 Article 7 of the... ...
1333.Does Ukraine need European standards of environmental impact assessment? (2013-10-23)
... On 21-22 October 2013, Lviv hosted a round-table discussion “Implementing European standards of environmental impact assessment in Ukraine”. On the eve of the Vilnius summit and in view of Meetings of Parties to the Aarhus and Espoo Conventions next year, Environment-People-Law (hereinafter – EPL) organized a discussion of the issue of improving the national legal... ...
1334.Sweden supports Euro-integration aspirations of Ukraine in the sphere of environmental protection (2013-10-14)
... On 9 September 2013,in Stockholm (Sweden) there started International training program on environmental governance with EU focus for officials from Balkan countries (Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo) and Ukraine. The program is realized by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) supported by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). ...
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1336.EPL performed another public expertise of realization of the Law of Ukraine “On Access to Public Information” (2013-09-14)
... From January until September 2013 EPL was performing the public expertise of functioning of the Chief Statistics Administration in Lviv region analyzing the level of access to primary data that are supposed to be open. This is the third public expertise performed by EPL since entry into force of the Law of Ukraine “On Access... ...
1337.Launching the National platform of strategic litigation for protection of environmental human rights (2013-09-03)
... EPL has started creation of the National platform of strategic litigation for protection of environmental rights. Since environmental rights are directly related to the basic human right – the right to life – it is vital to develop this direction within Ukrainian human rights protecting groups. The platform is created to facilitate exchange of experience,... ...
1338.Local communities and EPL forced Danish company to give up its plan on piggery construction (2013-08-13)
... Since 2005 the village Sivka-Vojnulivska has been facing the resistance between Danish company “Danosha” and local population against the plans of the company to construct the piggery with the capacity of 11,900 animal units in the village. The company was given the land plot in a lease for 49 years by rayon state administration for... ...
1339.Hollande rules out shale gas exploration (2013-07-15)
... French president Francois Hollande has ruled out exploration for shale gas during his term on office, ending hopes that a ban on hydraulic fracturing could be reviewed following a legal challenge by a US firm. Many believe tapping France’s potentially large shale gas reserves could revive the ailing French economy. Photo: AP ...
1340.Hollande vows no shale gas exploration while he is president (2013-07-15)
... (AFP) – 16 hours ago PARIS, France — President Francois Hollande said on Sunday that France would maintain its ban on the exploration for shale gas throughout his five-year term. “As long as I am president, there were will be no exploration for shale gas,” Hollande said during a Bastille Day interview with top television... ...
