CHAPTER V

PLANS AND PROGRAMMES

Public participation
Article 31
Member States shall ensure that relevant stakeholders and authorities and the general public have the opportunity to participate in the elaboration of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes, and have access to them once elaborated, in accordance with Directive 2003/35/EC or, if relevant, Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment . They shall place the plans and programmes on a publicly available website.
OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30.