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to provide technical inputs and opinions to be taken into account

before a project is approved. The government agreed to all the

proposed issues except on the types of project that need to comply

with Section 67 paragraph 2 of the Constitution. The government

referred the matter to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the

Environment to consider the proposal and it turned out that the Ministry

issued an announcement requiring only 11 out of the proposed 18

types of development project that need to comply with Section 67

paragraph 2 of the Constitution. As a consequence, the Network of

People in the Eastern Region filed a complaint with several agencies

and organizations including the NHRCT to request the government

to review the announcement to include all 18 types of development

project as proposed by the Four-party Committee since the proposal

had been studied with the help of academic professionals in relevant

fields and had been put to several public hearings to obtain views from

various stakeholders.

9. After the issuance of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the

Environment announcement on the types of project that need to

comply with Section 67 paragraph 2 of the 2007 Constitution on 31

August 2010, the Central Administrative Court continued consideration

of the case filed by environmental groups and Map Ta Phut

residents referred to in paragraph 7 above. On 2 September 2010,

the Court revoked the suspension order of 29 September 2009 and

ruled that 2 out of 76 projects had not complied with the provisions