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(a) Reports on the state of the environment, as referred to in paragraph
4 below;

(b) Texts of legislation on or relating to the environment;

(c) As appropriate, policies, plans and programmes on or relating to the
environment, and environmental agreements; and

(d) Other information, to the extent that the availability of such
information in this form would facilitate the application of national law
implementing this Convention,

provided that such information is already available in electrcnic form.

4. Each Party shall, at regular intervals not exceeding three or four
years, publish and disseminate a national report on the state of the
environment, including information on the quality of the environment and
information on pressures on the environment.

5. Each Party shall take measures within the framework of its legislation
for the purpose of disseminating, inter alia:
(a) Legislation and policy documents such as documents on strategies,
policies, programmes and action plans relating to the environment, and
progress reports on their implementation, prepared at various levels of
government ;

(b) International treaties, conventions and agreements on environmental
issues; and

(c) Other significant international documents on environmental issues,
as appropriate.

6. Each Party shall encourage operators whose activities have a significant
impact on the environment to inform the public regularly of the environmental
impact of their activities and products, where appropriate within the
framework of voluntary eco-labelling or eco-auditing schemes or by other
means.

7. Each Party shall:

(a) Publish the facts and analyses of facts which it considers relevant
and important in framing major environmental policy proposals;

(b) Publish, or otherwise make accessible, available explanatory
material on its dealings with the public in matters falling within the scope
of this Convention; and

(c) Provide in an appropriate form information on the performance of
public functions or the provision of public services relating to the
environment by government at all levels.

8. Each Party shall develop mechanisms with a view to ensuring that
sufficient product information is made available to the public in a manner
which enables consumers to make informed environmental choices.

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