ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the procedural and substantive provisions of the SEA Protocol in detail, the latter of which are concerned primarily with access to information and public participation as influenced by the Aarhus Convention. 1 Without venturing too far into the content of Chapters 10 and 12, it also makes some comparisons with the SEA Directive. 2 It builds on Chapter 4 and the discussion of the two UNECE Conventions that provide institutional and procedural background and grounding to the Protocol; as such it should be read in close conjunction with Chapter 4. This is particularly so with respect to the substantive obligations of the Espoo Convention in Articles 14 and 15 (compliance and dispute settlement) and those of the Aarhus Convention in Articles 5(3)(b), 5(3)(c), 5(5)(a) and 5(7) (access to environmental information), and Articles 7 and 8 (public participation in the preparation of strategic proposals).
