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Mr President, I am delighted that, having filed its deed of ratification on 17 February 2005, the European Community will now be attending the second meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention as a party to the Convention. This meeting will provide an opportunity to review the application of the Convention and the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers. The meeting of the Parties will examine the measures taken by the Parties to apply the Convention, while the Commission will present the measures taken by the European Community. The European Community has made highly satisfactory progress in this direction.
In addition to adopting directives on access to information and on public participation, it has made significant progress, especially with the proposal for a regulation on the application of the Aarhus Convention to Community agencies. Similarly, proposals are being examined concerning approval by the Community of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers and the adoption of a regulation setting up a European pollutant release and transfer register. In addition, the Commission has submitted a proposal on access to justice on environmental issues.
The Commission believes that over coming years efforts must focus on questions of application. It points out the importance of incorporating the provisions of the Convention into administrative practice, so that they become operational in practice. In addition, the exchange of experience and best practices on electronic information channels, the clearing house mechanism and access to justice must also have our support. Within this framework, the compliance mechanism is also considered very important. We therefore need to ensure it operates effectively.
The Commission will also emphasise the importance of developing institutional capabilities as a means of improving the application of the Convention. Within the framework of its commitment to promoting the objectives of the Convention, the Commission has taken the necessary measures to make provision for a monetary contribution to the Convention for 2005. The agenda for Almaty will also include the question of the possible amendment of the Convention in relation to its application to genetically modified organisms.
As far as this item is concerned, the Commission will follow the Council's negotiating instructions for conducting the negotiations and will make every possible effort to bring about a satisfactory outcome to the discussions. On this point, I believe that it is particularly important for the procedures to be applied for which provision is made for activities relating to genetically modified organisms under the Carthage Protocol, for example, and for the acquisition and exchange of experience to be promoted. Additional efforts can also be included here for developing institutional capabilities, especially in the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia.
The Commission is particularly satisfied with the interest expressed by the European Parliament and, in particular, by the inclusion of three of its members, including two rapporteurs on the Aarhus proposals, as observers in the Community delegation to Almaty. Of course, according to the interinstitutional agreement, the Commission will report regularly to the Members of Parliament on developments in the negotiations."@en1
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