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I. Ratification of International Conventions
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters is ratified by Ukraine on July 6, 1999. This convention is directed to ensure significant increase of public participation in the process of decision making in the sphere of environmental protection and makes provision for the guaranteed access to environmental information at the stages of development of project documentation.
In legal aspect the Convention is not at variance with Constitution and legislation of Ukraine and ratification of this Convention did not necessitate significant changes in current legislation of Ukraine. Practically all principal provisions of this Convention are regulated by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Laws of Ukraine “On Information”, “On Applications of Citizens”, “On the Protection of the Environment”, “On the Environmental Review”, “On the Securing of Sanitary and Epidemiological Safety”, etc.
The same can be said about the Convention of European Union on Environmental Impact Assessment in Transboundary Context, which was ratified by Ukraine in 2000.
