On 4 March 2010, the European Commission authorised the placing on the market of a genetically modified potato called Amflora.

This potato contains modified starch which – according to the consent holder BASF – can be better processed into products like paper and adhesives. The authorisation was issued for cultivation and for use as feed and [...]

A new Report on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters is based on experiences with practical application of Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention in ten European countries (nine of them being the EU Members). The Report discuses several specific topics from this field, which can be considered as crucial in relation to the practice of [...]

This Position Paper summarizes the results of the Report on Access to Justice and other J&E’s  recent analyses related to the Aarhus Convention (“Price of Justice” and analyses of the  Request for Internal Review procedure according to the EU-Aarhus Regulation). Subsequently, it proposes a  number of recommendations for the EU institutions, including
- re-starting the discussions [...]

Short studies (“toolkits”) presented in this material are summarizing the most important experience of the J&E members and their national partners concerning promotion of the access to justice rights in their respective countries. They aim to provide an instrument to the users of access to justice rights in brief and (hopefully) easy-to understand form the [...]

The European Commmission aims to review the Seveso II directive 96/82 EC on industrial accidents. For that purpose the Commission started preparations for a review process starting with an assessment of the directive’s impact, strengths and weaknesses and prelimanary discussions with stakeholders. We expect the official consultation procedure to start in the next months.
Justice and [...]

Justice for All, or those who can afford?!
National researchers of the J&E network examined the costs of legal remedies both in administrative and judicial proceedings. The “Loser Pays Principle” sounds like a disincentive for public interest litigation but is that really such big a hurdle for achieving environmental justice at the government or before the [...]