독일의 환경정보공개청구제도

Abstract

Germany, with respect to the Environmental Information, has been switching over to the aggressive Environmental Information Disclosure Strategy since 1990 in the wake of the enactment of EU Environmental Information Guidelines. Not only the civil law provides general provisions refer to the request of information, but also the claim of information disclosure for the purpose of environmental protection is required by substantial law. And this realization of the claim of information disclosure on the substantial law is being supported by the adjective law to relieve environmental victims. Korea also legislated to guarantee the people’s disclosure request of information which public institutions possess and manage. But the information for disclosure is limited to national policy projects. Furthermore, mandatory disclosure and making out of the environmental information are required by environmental technology and environmental industry act but this is less relevant to the specific relief of the environmental victims. Therefore, with reference to the German act, it needs to revise exceptional rules for public objects and those of information. And it requires to makes the pre-monitoring and post directing system operate properly through the enactment of the special act that guarantees the claim of information disclosure to corporations, for actual relief of the environmental victims.