Brussels, 03/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption last Thursday of the report by Ritta Korhola (EPP, Finland) on the directive relating to public access to environmental information (text aimed at adjusting Community legislation under the first pillar of the 1998 Aarhus Convention and which repeals Directive 90/313/EEC), the European Parliament reintroduces 47 amendments from the first reading, ignored by the Council. Amendments mainly aim at: - stricter deadlines for providing information; - exemptions; - the guarantee that costs invoiced by public authorities do not exceed the current cost of reproducing the documents requested; - and free information provided in response to reasonable requests.