Public participation in Europe but also in the world would not be so strong and organized without the Aarhus Convention. And certainly the Aarhus Convention would not exist without starting the Environment for Europe movement by the Czech minister of environment in 1991, amidst the...
Collective Redress Project
The project "Progress in collective redress mechanisms in environmental and consumer mass harm situations" is supported by the Visegrad Fund. It is taking place from 1 of February 2018 to 31 of July 2019 and its main research topic deals with introducing and functioning of...
Cleaner air for everyone!
Air quality within our surroundings is significantly degraded throughout the country due to the management and combustion of household waste and garden waste, damaging both the environment and human health. Defending the right to a healthy environment, EMLA provides legal advice and legal...
Regulation of Plastics and Plastic Wastes
The United Nations Environment Program conducted a research covering literally all countries of Earth on how the production, trade and related waste management of plastic bags, single use plastic utensils (e.g. plastic straws) and microbeads in cosmetics are regulated. EMLA Association coordinated...
Conservation Easements
Upon a request from Biota from Latvia, we prepared a brief legal study on whether there is a possibility in Hungarian law to introduce easements with a nature conservation objective. We also examined if and to what extent existing easement types (easement in gross, appurtenant easements, etc.) can...
Project Management in Törökbálint
EMLA provided project management services to the Municipality of Törökbálint Town in its project called Establishing Local and Sub-regional Economic Development by Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer at the Municipality, funded by the Norwegian Fund.
Cleaner air for our cities!
Air quality within our surroundings is significantly degraded throughout the country due to the management and combustion of household waste and garden waste, damaging both the environment and human health. Defending the right to a healthy environment, EMLA provides legal advice and legal...
Setting up solar power plants in Hungary
Upon a request by Frank Bold (Brno, Czech Republic), our sister organisation in Justice & Environment, we prepared a survey of legal steps necessary for the preparation and construction of a medium size photovoltaic solar power plant in Hungary. We described the way of modification of spatial...
Ukrainian NPP PLEX
In cooperation with CEE Bankwatch association, EMLA is working in a project related to the lifetime extension of Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants. Bankwatch initiated a case at the Court of Justice of the EU for access to information, consulted with the Espoo Convention Secretariat and have sent...
Slovakian highway developments
Upon the request of our Slovakian colleagues, we prepared a short legal study on how the environmental impact assessment obligation is regulated in Hungary in relation to highway constructions and upgrading of existing highways.