12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 1 SEVENTH MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE ON ACCES TO JUSTICE - GENEVA -

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 2 Romanian tools for providing information on access to justice in light of article 9, paragraphs 4 and 5, of the Convention.

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 3 With respect to article 9, paragraph 4 of the Aarhus Convention measures taken to ensure that: The procedures referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 provide adequate and effective remedies; The procedures referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 provide adequate and effective remedies; The court must decide on the compensations for material and moral damages incurred; The court must decide on the compensations for material and moral damages incurred; Such procedures otherwise meet the requirements of this paragraph. Such procedures otherwise meet the requirements of this paragraph. According to the Civil Procedure Code, all court decisions shall be given in written format and contain the de facto and de jure reasons.

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 4 With respect to paragraph 5, measures taken to ensure that information is provided to the public on access to administrative and judicial review. With respect to paragraph 5, measures taken to ensure that information is provided to the public on access to administrative and judicial review. According to the Civil Procedure Code, legal procedures in Romania are public and any person may be present in the court room. Recently, the Superior Council of Magistracy has decided that all public interest decisions shall be made available on the internet, on the websites of the courts. According to the Civil Procedure Code, legal procedures in Romania are public and any person may be present in the court room. Recently, the Superior Council of Magistracy has decided that all public interest decisions shall be made available on the internet, on the websites of the courts.

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 5 Although the databases of the Ministry of Justice contain statistical data regarding free of charge legal assistance/public legal aid, depending on the type of court and the state of the procedural stage, by category of action and objects for the period , the legal situations related to environmental law whose protection was requested in the front of the court of law could not be separately and explicitly individualized.

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 6 At the local environmental protection agencies, during , were submitted 113 preliminary complaints in regard to the regulatory document issuance procedures (environmental decision-making). Of these: 38 complaints were solved in court; 38 complaints were solved in court; 26 complaints are still on the court dockets; 26 complaints are still on the court dockets; 49 were solved by the institution. 49 were solved by the institution.

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 7 Website addresses relevant to the implementation of article 9: just.roc just.roc CSM reports on the State of Justice for the past years: ro/csm/index. php?cmd=24 CSM reports on the State of Justice for the past years: ro/csm/index. php?cmd=24http:// ro/csm/index. php?cmd=24http:// ro/csm/index. php?cmd=

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 8 So, decision of courts, and whenever possible of other review bodies, held in electronic form are available and can be accessed on the Romanian website of Ministry of Justice -portal courts: So, decision of courts, and whenever possible of other review bodies, held in electronic form are available and can be accessed on the Romanian website of Ministry of Justice -portal courts:

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 9 The public shall have access to the preliminary administrative procedure free of charge, and the deadline for resolution shall be 30 days. The public shall have access to the preliminary administrative procedure free of charge, and the deadline for resolution shall be 30 days. Equally the Article.451 para. (1) of the new Civil Procedure Code defines judicial expenses as follows: “Judicial expenses include stamp duties and judicial stamp duties, barrister, expert and specialist fees, (...), amounts payable to the witnesses for travel and loss caused by their presence in court, travel expenses and accommodation expenses, as applicable, as well as any expenses required for the good conduct of the trial”. Equally the Article.451 para. (1) of the new Civil Procedure Code defines judicial expenses as follows: “Judicial expenses include stamp duties and judicial stamp duties, barrister, expert and specialist fees, (...), amounts payable to the witnesses for travel and loss caused by their presence in court, travel expenses and accommodation expenses, as applicable, as well as any expenses required for the good conduct of the trial”. Moreover, under Article 451 para.(2) and (3) “the court may, even ex officio, reduce, on sound grounds, the legal expenses representing the barrister, expert and specialist fees if they are blatantly disproportionate with the value or complexity of the case or the activity they provide, also considering the circumstances of the case.” Moreover, under Article 451 para.(2) and (3) “the court may, even ex officio, reduce, on sound grounds, the legal expenses representing the barrister, expert and specialist fees if they are blatantly disproportionate with the value or complexity of the case or the activity they provide, also considering the circumstances of the case.”

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 10 Articles of the Civil Procedure Code contain legal provisions on Legal assistance, as follows: Article 90 - Conditions for granting Article 90 - Conditions for granting Article 91 - Special Provisions Article 91 - Special Provisions

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 11 For , the report of the Supreme Council of Magistracy on the state of justice states that: based on the data submitted by the courts, in 2011, legal aid applications were submitted, and were accepted. For , the report of the Supreme Council of Magistracy on the state of justice states that: based on the data submitted by the courts, in 2011, legal aid applications were submitted, and were accepted. Also, additional information on the data communicated by the courts in regard to public legal aid applications may be consulted in the CSM reports on the State of Justice for the past years. Also, additional information on the data communicated by the courts in regard to public legal aid applications may be consulted in the CSM reports on the State of Justice for the past years.

12/3/2015Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - ROMANIA 12 THE END Thank you