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 Law is to inform the public of environmental issues both by means of allowing free access to relevant data kept by competent authorities and by publication of such data. The text consists of 13 articles as follows: Purpose (1); Environment information (2); Authorities bound to give information (3); Free access to environment information (4); Duty to report (5); Exceptions and motivation for refusal (6); Handling of office secrets (7); Legal aid (8); Publication of environment information (8); Duty of transmission (9); Exemption from fees (10); Competence of municipalities (11); Implementation of community law (13).
Austria · 2005-10-12