Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information
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Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information is a European Union law that grants the public broad rights to obtain environmental information from public authorities to promote transparency and support environmental protection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9314510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information Context triple: [Environmental Information Regulations 2004, implements, Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information]
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A.
Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information
Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information is an EU law that sets common rules to facilitate the reuse of public sector data and documents for commercial and non-commercial purposes across member states.
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B.
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 are UK regulations that give the public a right of access to environmental information held by public authorities, overseen and enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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C.
Directive 2004/23/EC
Directive 2004/23/EC is a key European Union law that sets quality and safety standards for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage, and distribution of human tissues and cells for medical use.
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D.
Directive 2004/24/EC
Directive 2004/24/EC is a European Union law that created a simplified registration and regulatory framework for traditional herbal medicinal products across EU member states.
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E.
Directive 2003/41/EC
Directive 2003/41/EC was the original EU framework setting prudential and supervision rules for institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) before being updated and replaced by the IORP II Directive.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information Target entity description: Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information is a European Union law that grants the public broad rights to obtain environmental information from public authorities to promote transparency and support environmental protection.
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A.
Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information
Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information is an EU law that sets common rules to facilitate the reuse of public sector data and documents for commercial and non-commercial purposes across member states.
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B.
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 are UK regulations that give the public a right of access to environmental information held by public authorities, overseen and enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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C.
Directive 2004/23/EC
Directive 2004/23/EC is a key European Union law that sets quality and safety standards for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage, and distribution of human tissues and cells for medical use.
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D.
Directive 2004/24/EC
Directive 2004/24/EC is a European Union law that created a simplified registration and regulatory framework for traditional herbal medicinal products across EU member states.
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E.
Directive 2003/41/EC
Directive 2003/41/EC was the original EU framework setting prudential and supervision rules for institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) before being updated and replaced by the IORP II Directive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | European Union directive ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Council of the European Union
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European Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 2003-01-28 ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
guarantee the right of access to environmental information held by or for public authorities
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improve the application of the Aarhus Convention in the EU ⓘ promote public awareness of environmental matters ⓘ promote public participation in environmental decision-making ⓘ |
| allows | certain exceptions to disclosure of environmental information ⓘ |
| appliesTo | environmental information held by public authorities ⓘ |
| bindingOn | EU Member States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defines |
applicant
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environmental information ⓘ public authority ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce | 2003-02-14 ⓘ |
| exceptionCategory |
confidentiality of commercial or industrial information
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confidentiality of personal data ⓘ confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities ⓘ intellectual property rights ⓘ international relations, public security or national defence ⓘ protection of the environment to which the information relates ⓘ the course of justice ⓘ |
| fullName | Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | territory of the European Union Member States ⓘ |
| implements |
Aarhus Convention Article 4
NERFINISHED
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Aarhus Convention Article 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | European Union ⓘ |
| languageVersions | all official languages of the European Union ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Treaty establishing the European Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| obliges |
Member States to ensure that public authorities make environmental information available on request
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public authorities to actively and systematically disseminate environmental information ⓘ public authorities to respond to requests for environmental information within specified time limits ⓘ |
| officialJournalCitation | OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26–32 ⓘ |
| policyArea |
access to information
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environmental protection ⓘ |
| principle |
interpretation of exceptions in a restrictive way
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presumption in favour of disclosure ⓘ |
| publicationDateInOfficialJournal | 2003-02-25 ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repeals | Directive 90/313/EEC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
Member States to ensure that practical arrangements are in place for access to environmental information
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Member States to provide access to review procedures for applicants ⓘ that charges for supplying environmental information do not exceed a reasonable amount ⓘ that refusals of requests for environmental information are reasoned and subject to review ⓘ that review procedures are fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive ⓘ |
| requiresTranspositionBy | EU Member States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Access to Environmental Information Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | public access to environmental information ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information Description of subject: Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information is a European Union law that grants the public broad rights to obtain environmental information from public authorities to promote transparency and support environmental protection.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
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implements
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Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information
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