Response from Benedikte Strøm: Secretary for the Appeals Board for Environmental Information: RE: Media Censorship & Bar Association complaints; RE: Request for Statutory Authority authorising due process violations. The secretariat for the Appeals Board for Environmental Information refers to your e-mails of September 10 and 11 2012. The Appeals Board`s reference number for you appeal of June 18 2012 against Adresseavisen, Aftenposten, Bergens Tidende, Dagbladet, NRK, TV2 and VG is 2012/2. For archival purposes the reference number 2012/708 is used in addition. The Appeals Board's reference number for your appeal of August 16 2012 against the Norwegian Bar Association´s Disciplinary Committee and the Disciplinary Board is 2012/5. For archival purposes the number 2012/1023 is used in addition. The information on www.miljoklagenemnda.no about how cases prepared has only status as guidance. The rules that are binding for the Appeals Board are found in the regulation December 14 2003 regarding the Appeals Board for Environmental Information. This regulation is available in Norwegian at http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/md/xd-20031214-1572.html. |
Text of Email Response from Env. Appeals Brd. Secretariat:
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your requests
Lara Johnstone,
The secretariat for the Appeals Board for Environmental Information refers to your e-mails of September 10 and 11 2012.
The Appeals Board`s reference number for you appeal of June 18 2012 against Adresseavisen, Aftenposten, Bergens Tidende, Dagbladet, NRK, TV2 and VG is 2012/2. For archival purposes the reference number 2012/708 is used in addition. The Appeals Board's reference number for your appeal of August 16 2012 against the Norwegian Bar Association´s Disciplinary Committee and the Disciplinary Board is 2012/5. For archival purposes the number 2012/1023 is used in addition.
The information on www.miljoklagenemnda.no about how cases prepared has only status as guidance. The rules that are binding for the Appeals Board are found in the regulation December 14 2003 regarding the Appeals Board for Environmental Information. This regulation is available in Norwegian at http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/md/xd-20031214-1572.html.
When receiving appeals that clearly have to be denied, it is not necessary to ask the respondents to provide their arguments. In these cases the secretariat prepares a draft decision and consults the members of the board. If the draft decision is approved by the members of the board, no further discussion is needed. This makes the Appeals Board able to settle obvious cases without arranging unnecessary meetings. Your appeals have been settled this way. Because no meeting has taken place, you will not receive a signed decision.
Regards,
Benedikte Strøm
Secretary for the Appeals Board for Environmental Information
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E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +47 22 57 36 68 – Fax: +47 22 67 67 06
Address:
The Appeals Board fo rEnvironmental Information
co/Climate and Pollution Agency
PO Box 8100 Dep, NO-0032 Oslo, Norway (Strømsveien 96)
Web: http://www.miljoklagnemnda.no