Brussels, 09/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - Article 9§3 of the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters, which provides the possibility for the public to initiate administrative or judicial action to challenge acts or omissions by individuals or public authorities contrary to the provisions of national environmental law, does not have a direct effect under EU law.
This was the decision reached by the EU Court of Justice in...