CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 8 octobre 2014

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QUESTIONS   Have the applicants exhausted all available remedies in relation to their complaint under Article   8   of the Convention? In particular, the parties are asked to comment on the following. The outcome of the administrative proceedings brought by the first applicant against the building permission for wind power stations adjacent to her home. Whether other applicants have contested building permissions for wind power stations adjacent to their homes. Whether the applicants have used any other (administrative) proceedings to obtain vindication of their rights. The scope of review by the Constitutional Court and the administrative courts in environmental context and their differences in so far as they relate to the applicants’ complaint.   As regards public participation in environmental decision-making as a procedural safeguard for ensuring rights protected by Article 8 of the Convention ( Dubetska and Others v. Ukraine, no.   30499/03, § 143, 10   February 2011, and Grimkovskaya v. Ukraine , no. 38182/03, §   69, 21   July 2011), the parties are asked to comment on the following. What are the venues in national law to challenge authorities’ decisions in an effective way? Did the administrative courts examine this aspect in the proceedings brought by the first applicant?   Whether or not an environmental impact assessment ( ietekmes uz vidi novērtējums ) of the wind park has been recently commenced? If so, the parties are asked to comment on that fact and, in particular, on: The level of the applicants’ participation in that process and whether or not they could obtain information relating to their complaints before the Court (for example, location of the wind turbines, their nose and shade levels etc.). Whether or not in that process, due weight has been accorded to their interests and a faire balance struck between the various interests concerned ( Hatton and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no.   36022/97, §   99, ECHR 2003 ‑ VIII, and Tătar v. Romania , no.   67021/01, §   88, 27   January 2009). APPENDIX       Inita VECBAŠTIKA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1964, lives in Dunika     Ausma Līna BALODE is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1940, lives in Dunika     Sandra BEŅUŠE is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1965, lives in Dunika     Vilma DOBELE is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1944, lives in Dunika     Irma Alvīne KAPILINSKA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1942, lives in Dunika     Jānis KŪMA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1951, lives in Dunika     Spodra Mudīte KUNDZIŅA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1943, lives in Dunika     Jānis KUNDZIŅŠ is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1922, lives in Dunikas pagasts     Marta MAME is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1949, lives in Dunika Gatis MAMIS is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1975, lives in Dunika Mareks MIHAILOVS is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1972, lives in Dunika Kristīne PREISA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1981, lives in Liepāja Anna SEDOLA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1929, lives in Dunika Ilgvars SĪKLIS is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1963, lives in Dunika Miķelis SĪKLIS is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1926, lives in Dunika Indra VADEIĶĪTE is a Lithuanian nationals who was born in 1982, lives in Dunika Armands VARNA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1979, lives in Dunika Ilmars VARNA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1955, lives in Dunika Vilma VARNA is a Latvian nationals who was born in 1952, lives in Dunika