The European Commission adopted on Wednesday 14 October a legislative proposal amending Regulation 1367/2006 transposing the Aarhus International Convention into EU law in order to allow better public scrutiny of EU acts in the field of the environment and better public access to justice.
This proposal to amend the Regulation follows a judgment of the EU Court of Justice which condemned the fact that Regulation 1367/2006 limits the possibility for citizens to challenge acts of public...