In the attached document you can read the letter of the Ministry of Environment and Water of Bulgaria (MoEW), sent on 5 January 2015, in response to another solution to the Aarhus Convention of 2014, which found non-compliance. According to MoEW a problem in the Bulgarian Law on Spatial Planning does not exist in order that it includes procedures for coordination with national environmental legislation (PAA, EPA and BDA) and coordination of these procedures provides to citizens access to justice in environmental issues - missing, according to the findings of the Aarhus Convention. It points out that these procedures have not only environmental, but also socio-economic importance and provide timely utilization of resources for Bulgaria, under the Structural Funds and therefore "should not be considered one-sided." The letter of the Minister Ivelina Vasileva also argues that "the lack of direct access of citizens, including environmental organizations, to appeal procedures of the development plans and building permits are fully offset by effective control over construction in Bulgaria."
