S.L. 549.79 Art. 11Public access to information. S.L. 549.39 S.L. 549.39

(1) Without prejudice to the Freedom of Access to

Information on the Environment Regulations, the competent authority shall take the necessary measures to ensure that applications for permits for new installations or for substantial changes of those installations requiring a permit, are made available for an appropriate period of time to the public, to enable it to comment on them before the competent authority reaches a decision: Provided that no obligation to reformat the information for the public is implied. The decision of the competent authority, including a copy of the permit, and any subsequent updates, shall also be made available to the public. The general binding rules applicable for installations and the list of installations subject to permitting and registration shall be made available to the public.

(2) The results of emission-monitoring as required under the permit conditions referred to in regulations 8 and 9 and held by the competent authority shall be made available to the public.

(3) Sub-regulations (1) and (2) shall apply, subject to the restrictions regarding grounds for refusal by public authorities to provide information, including commercial and industrial confidentiality, laid down in the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment Regulations.