tör vény
a környezeti ügyekben az információhoz való hozzáférésrõl, a nyilvánosságnak a döntéshozatalban történõ részvételérõl és az igazságszolgáltatáshoz való
jog biztosításáról szóló, Aarhusban, 1998. június 25-én elfogadott Egyezményhez kapcsolódó
szennyezõanyag-kibocsátási és -szállítási nyilvántartásról szóló, Kijevben, 2003. május 21-én
elfogadott Jegyzõkönyv kihirdetésérõl*
1. § Az Or szág gyû lés e tör vénnyel fel ha tal ma zást ad a kör nye ze ti ügyek ben az in for má ci ó hoz való hoz zá fé rés rõl, a nyil vá nos ság nak a dön tés ho za tal ban tör té nõ rész vé te lé -rõl és az igaz ság szol gál ta tás hoz való jog biz to sí tá sá ról szóló, Aar hus ban, 1998. jú ni us 25én el fo ga dott Egyez -mény hez kap cso ló dó szennye zõ anyag-ki bo csá tá si és -szál lí tá si nyil ván tar tás ról szóló, Ki jev ben, 2003. má jus 21én el fo ga dott Jegy zõ könyv (a továb biak ban: Jegy zõ -könyv) kö te le zõ ha tá lyá nak el is me ré sé re.
2. § Az Or szág gyû lés a Jegy zõ köny vet e tör vénnyel ki -hir de ti.
3. § A Jegy zõ könyv hi te les an gol nyel vû szö ve ge és an -nak hi va ta los ma gyar nyel vû for dí tá sa a kö vet ke zõ:
„Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers The Par ti es to this Pro to col,
Re cal ling ar tic le 5, pa rag raph 9, and ar tic le 10, pa rag raph 2, of the 1998 Con ven ti on on Ac cess to In for mat ion, Pub lic Par ti ci pa ti on in De ci si on-ma king and Ac cess to Jus ti ce in En vi ron men tal Matt ers (the Aar hus Con ven ti on),
Re cog ni zing that pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters pro vi de an im por tant me cha nism to inc re a se cor po ra te ac co un ta bi lity, re du ce pol lu ti on and pro mo te sus ta i nab le de ve lop ment, as sta ted in the Luc ca Dec la ra ti on adop ted at the first me e ting of the Par ti es to the Aar hus Con ven ti on, Ha ving re gard to prin cip le 10 of the 1992 Rio Dec la ra ti on on En vi ron ment and De ve lop ment,
Ha ving re gard also to the prin cip les and com mit ments ag re ed to at the 1992 Uni ted Na ti ons Con fe ren ce on En vi ron ment and De ve lop ment, in par ti cu lar the pro vi si ons in chap ter 19 of Agen da 21,
* A tör vényt az Or szág gyû lés a 2009. jú ni us 8-i ülés nap ján fo gad ta el.
Ta king note of the Pro gram me for the Furt her Imp le men ta ti on of Agen da 21, adop ted by the Ge ne ral As sembly of the Uni ted Na ti ons at its ni ne te enth spe ci al ses si on, 1997, in which it cal led for, in ter alia, en han ced na ti o nal ca pa ci ti es and ca pa bi li ti es for in for mat ion col lec ti on, pro ces sing and dis se mi na ti on, to fa ci li ta te pub lic ac cess to in for mat ion on glo bal en vi ron men tal is su es thro ugh app rop ri a te means,
Ha ving re gard to the Plan of Imp le men ta ti on of the 2002 World Sum mit on Sus ta i nab le De ve lop ment, which en co u ra ges the de ve lop ment of co he rent, in teg ra ted in for mat ion on che mi cals, such as thro ugh na ti o nal pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters,
Ta king into ac co unt the work of the In ter go vern men tal Fo rum on Che mi cal Sa fety, in par ti cu lar the 2000 Ba hia Dec la ra ti on on Che mi cal Sa fety, the Pri o ri ti es for Ac ti on Be y ond 2000 and the Pol lu tant Re le a se and Trans fer Re gis ter/Emis si on In ven to ry Ac ti on Plan,
Ta king into ac co unt also the ac ti vi ti es un der ta ken wit hin the fra me work of the In ter-Or ga ni za ti on Pro gram me for the So und Ma na ge ment of Che mi cals,
Ta king into ac co unt furt her mo re the work of the Or ga ni sa ti on for Eco no mic Co-ope rat ion and De ve lop ment, in par ti cu lar its Co un cil Re com men da ti on on Imp le men ting Pol lu tant Re le a se and Trans fer Re gis ters, in which the Co un cil calls upon mem ber co unt ri es to es tab lish and make pub licly ava i lab le na ti o nal pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters,
Wis hing to pro vi de a me cha nism cont ri bu ting to the abi lity of eve ry per son of pre sent and fut ure ge ne ra ti ons to live in an en vi ron ment ade qu a te to his or her he alth and well -be ing, by en su ring the de ve lop ment of pub licly ac ces sib le en vi ron men tal in for mat ion sys tems,
Wis hing also to en su re that the de ve lop ment of such sys tems ta kes into ac co unt prin cip les cont ri bu ting to sus ta i nab le de ve lop ment such as the pre ca u ti o na ry app ro ach set forth in prin cip le 15 of the 1992 Rio Dec la ra ti on on En vi ron ment and De ve lop ment,
Re cog ni zing the link bet we en ade qu a te en vi ron men tal in for mat ion sys tems and the exer ci se of the rights con ta i ned in the Aar hus Con ven ti on,
No ting the need for co o pe ra ti on with ot her in ter na ti o nal ini ti a ti ves con cer ning pol lu tants and was te, inc lu ding the 2001 Stock holm Con ven ti on on Per sis tent Or ga nic Pol lu tants and the 1989 Ba sel Con ven ti o non the Cont rol of Trans bo un da ry Mo ve ments of Ha zar do us Was tes and the ir Dis po sal,
Re cog ni zing that the ob jec ti ves of an in teg ra ted app ro ach to mi ni mi zing pol lu ti on and the amo unt of was te re sul ting from the ope rat ion of in dust ri al ins tal la ti ons and ot her so ur ces are to achi e ve a high le vel of pro tec ti on for the en vi ron ment as a who le, to move to wards sus ta i nab le and en vi ron men tally so und de ve lop ment and to pro tect the he alth of pre sent and fut ure ge ne ra ti ons,
Con vin ced of the va lue of pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters as a cost -ef fec ti ve tool for en co u ra ging
imp ro ve ments in en vi ron men tal per for man ce, for pro vi ding pub lic ac cess to in for mat ion on pol lu tants re le a sed into and trans fer red in and thro ugh com mu ni ti es, and for use by Go vern ments in trac king trends, de monst ra ting prog ress in pol lu ti on re duc ti on, mo ni tor ing comp li an ce with cer ta in in ter na ti o nal ag re e ments, set ting pri o ri ti es and eva lu a ting prog ress achi e ved thro ugh en vi ron men tal po li ci es and programmes,
Be li e ving that pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters can bring tan gib le be ne fits to in dust ry thro ugh the imp ro ved ma na ge ment of pol lu tants,
No ting the op por tu ni ti es for using data from pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters, com bi ned with he alth, en vi ron men tal, de mog rap hic, eco no mic or ot her types of re le vant in for mat ion, for the pur po se of ga i ning a bet ter un ders tan ding of po ten ti al prob lems, iden ti fy ing ’hot spots’, ta king pre ven ti ve and mi ti ga ting me a su res, and set ting en vi ron men tal ma na ge ment pri o ri ti es,
Re cog ni zing the im por tan ce of pro tec ting the pri va cy of iden ti fi ed or iden ti fi ab le na tu ral per sons in the pro ces sing of in for mat ion re por ted to pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer registers in ac cor dan ce with app li cab le in ter na ti o nal stan dards re lat ing to data pro tec ti on,
Re cog ni zing also the im por tan ce of de ve lo ping in ter na ti o nally com pa tib le na ti o nal pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ter sys tems to inc re a se the com pa ra bi lity of data,
No ting that many mem ber Sta tes of the Uni ted Na ti ons Eco no mic Com mis si on for Eu ro pe, the Eu ro pe an Com mu nity and the Par ti es to the North Ame ri can Free Tra de Ag re e ment are ac ting to col lect data on pol lu tant re le a ses and trans fers from va ri o us so ur ces and to make the se data pub licly ac ces sib le, and re cog ni zing es pe ci ally in this area the long and va lu ab le ex pe ri en ce in cer ta in co unt ri es,
Ta king into ac co unt the dif fe rent app ro a ches in exis ting emis si on re gis ters and the need to avo id dup li ca ti on, and re cog ni zing the re fo re that a cer ta in deg ree of fle xi bi lity is ne e ded,
Ur ging the prog res si ve de ve lop ment of na ti o nal pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters,
Ur ging also the es tab lish ment of links bet we en na ti o nal pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters and in for mat ion sys tems on ot her re le a ses of pub lic con cern,
Have ag re ed as fol lows:
Article 1 OBJECTIVE
The ob jec ti ve of this Pro to col is to en han ce pub lic ac cess to in for mat ion thro ugh the es tab lish ment of co he rent, in teg ra ted, na ti on wi de pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ters (PRTRs) in ac cor dan ce with the pro vi si ons of this Pro to col, which co uld fa ci li ta te pub lic
par ti ci pa ti on in en vi ron men tal de ci si on-ma king as well as cont ri bu te to the pre ven ti on and re duc ti on of pol lu ti on of the en vi ron ment.
Article 2 DEFINITIONS For the pur po ses of this Pro to col,
1. ,,Party” me ans, un less the text in di ca tes ot her wi se, a Sta te or a re gi o nal eco no mic in teg ra ti on or ga ni za ti on re fer red to in ar tic le 24 which has con sen ted to be bo und by this Pro to col and for which the Pro to col is in for ce;
2. ,,Con ven ti on” me ans the Con ven ti on on Ac cess to In for mat ion, Pub lic Par ti ci pa ti on in De ci si on ma king and Ac cess to Jus ti ce in En vi ron men tal Matt ers, done at Aar hus, Den mark, on 25 June 1998;
3. ,,The pub lic” me ans one or more na tu ral or le gal per sons, and, in ac cor dan ce with na ti o nal le gis la ti on or prac ti ce, the ir as so ci a ti ons, or ga ni za ti ons or gro ups;
4. ,,Fa ci lity” me ans one or more ins tal la ti ons on the same site, or on ad jo i ning si tes, that are ow ned or ope ra ted by the same na tu ral or le gal per son;
5. ,,Com pe tent aut ho rity” me ans the na ti o nal aut ho rity or aut ho ri ti es, or any ot her com pe tent body or bo di es, de sig na ted by a Party to ma na ge a na ti o nal pol lu tant re le a se and trans fer re gis ter sys tem;
6. ,,Pol lu tant” me ans a subs tan ce or a gro up of subs tan ces that may be harm ful to the en vi ron ment or to hu man he alth on ac co unt of its pro per ti es and of its int ro duc ti on into the en vi ron ment;
7. ,,Re le a se” me ans any int ro duc ti on of pol lu tants into the en vi ron ment as a re sult of any hu man ac ti vity, whet her de li be ra te or ac ci den tal, ro u ti ne or non-ro u ti ne, inc lu ding spil ling, emit ting, dis char ging, in jec ting, dis po sing or dum ping, or thro ugh se wer sys tems wit ho ut fi nal was te-wa ter tre at ment;
8. ,,Off-si te trans fer” me ans the mo ve ment be y ond the bo un da ri es of the fa ci lity of eit her pol lu tants or was te des ti ned for dis po sal or re co ve ry and of pol lu tants in was te wa ter des ti ned for was te-wa ter tre at ment;
9. ,,Dif fu se so ur ces” me ans the many smal ler or scat te red so ur ces from which pol lu tants may be re le a sed to land, air or wa ter, who se com bi ned im pact on tho se me dia may be sig ni fi cant and for which it isimp rac ti cal to col lect re ports from each in di vi du al so ur ce;
10. The terms „na ti o nal” and „na ti on wi de” shall, with res pect to the ob li ga ti ons un der the Pro to col on Par ti es that are re gi o nal eco no mic in teg ra ti on or ga ni za ti ons, be const ru ed as app lying to the re gi on in qu es ti on un less ot her wi se in di ca ted;
11. ,,Was te” me ans subs tan ces or ob jects which are:
(a) Dis po sed of or re co ve red;
(b) In ten ded to be dis po sed of or re co ve red; or
(c) Re qu i red by the pro vi si ons of na ti o nal law to be dis po sed of or re co ve red;
12. ,,Ha zar do us was te” me ans was te that is de fi ned as ha zar do us by the pro vi si ons of na ti o nal law;
13. ,,Ot her was te” me ans was te that is not ha zar do us was te;
14. ,,Was te wa ter” me ans used wa ter con ta i ning subs tan ces or ob jects that is sub ject to re gu lat ion by na ti o nal law.
Article 3
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Each Party shall take the ne ces sa ry le gis la ti ve, re gu la to ry and ot her me a su res, and app rop ri a te en for ce ment me a su res, to imp le ment the pro vi si ons of this Pro to col.
2. The pro vi si ons of this Pro to col shall not af fect the right of a Party to ma in ta in or int ro du ce a more ex ten si ve
2. The pro vi si ons of this Pro to col shall not af fect the right of a Party to ma in ta in or int ro du ce a more ex ten si ve