Charter for the Environment (2004), Article 7:
“Everyone has the right, subject to the conditions and within the limits defined by the law, to have access to the information relating to the environment held by the public authorities…”
“Everyone has the right, subject to the conditions and within the limits defined by the law … to participate in the making of public decisions which have an impact on the environment.”
Charter for the Environment(2005), Article 1:
“Everyone has the right to live in a stable environment which respects health.”
*This provision in the Charter of the Environment was grafted onto the
Constitution of the French Fifth Republic (1958) in 2005, when it gained
the status of a constitutional law.
Charter for the Environment (2004), Article 9:
“Research and innovation shall assist the preservation and utilization of the environment”