On Monday 12 May, the European Commission adopted amendments to its State aid rules to provide public access to justice in environmental matters in relation to EU State aid decisions.
For that purpose, and following the conclusions of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (case ACCC/C/2015/128), the Commission revised the rules allowing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to request a Commission review of certain State aid decisions to establish whether they contravene EU...