share environmental information upon request by natural and legal persons Art. 7 states that public authorities shall disseminate environmental information to the public Directive No. The Directive deals almost exclusively (with Purpose A: The Directive does not make any mention of the protection of 60/2000 the exception of Art. 12) with the sharing of The purpose of this Directive is to personal data. Should personal data be processed in the framework establishing a plans and strategies prepared by the MS, establish a framework for the of the Directive, it shall be done in compliance with the data framework for rather than with a responsibility to share the protection of inland surface protection rules. Community action data collected in the process of establishing waters, transitional waters, in the field of such plans and strategies. It may be coastal waters and groundwater. B: No specific barriers to information sharing were detected. water policy considered to provide for the sharing of such (Art. 3). data, although this does not appear to be the Legal base: TFEU core of CISE. Information collected Art. 192 MS shall for each river basin district or the portion of an international river basin within their territory: (1) carry out
share environmental information upon request by natural and legal persons Art. 7 states that public authorities shall disseminate environmental information to the public Directive No. 60/2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy Legal base: TFEU Art. 192 Purpose The purpose of this Directive is to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater. (Art. 3). Information collected MS shall for each river basin district or the portion of an international river basin within their territory: (1) carry out A: The Directive does not make any mention of the protection of personal data. Should personal data be processed in the framework of the Directive, it shall be done in compliance with the data protection rules. B: No specific barriers to information sharing were detected. The Directive deals almost exclusively (with the exception of Art. 12) with the sharing of plans and strategies prepared by the MS, rather than with a responsibility to share the data collected in the process of establishing such plans and strategies. It may be considered to provide for the sharing of such data, although this does not appear to be the core of CISE.
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