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7. Procedures for public participation shall allow the public to submit, in
writing or, as appropriate, at a public hearing or enquiry with the applicant,
any comments, information, analyses or opinions that it considers relevant to
the proposed activity.

8. Each Party shall ensure that in the decision due account is taken of the
outcome of the public participation.

9. Each Party shall ensure that, when the decision has been taken by the
public authority, the public is promptly informed of the decision in
accordance with the appropriate procedures. Each Party shall make accessible
to the public the text of the decision along with the reasons and
considerations on which the decision is based.

10. Each Party shall ensure that, when a public authority reconsiders or
updates the operating conditions for an activity referred to in
paragraph 1, the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 9 of this article are applied
mutatis mutandis, and where appropriate.
11. Each Party shall, within the framework of its national law, apply, to
the extent feasible and appropriate, provisions of this article to decisions
on whether to permit the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms
into the environment.

Article 7

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION CONCERNING PLANS, PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Each Party shall make appropriate practical and/or other provisions for
the public to participate during the preparation of plans and programmes
relating to the environment, within a transparent and fair framework, having
provided the necessary information to the public. Within this framework,
article 6, paragraphs 3, 4 and 8, shall be applied. The public which may
participate shall be identified by the relevant public authority, taking into
account the objectives of this Convention. To the extent appropriate, each
Party shall endeavour to provide opportunities for public participation in the
preparation of policies relating to the environment.

Article 8

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DURING THE PREPARATION OF EXECUTIVE
REGULATIONS AND/OR GENERALLY APPLICABLE LEGALLY BINDING
NORMATIVE INSTRUMENTS

Each Party shall strive to promote effective public participation at an
appropriate stage, and while options are still open, during the preparation by
public authorities of executive regulations and other generally applicable
legally binding rules that may have a significant effect on the environment.
To this end, the following steps should be taken:

(a) Time-frames sufficient for effective participation should be fixed;

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