Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the eighth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention regarding communications ACCC/C/2015/128 concerning access to justice regarding State aid decisions, ACCC/C/201
This proposal sets the EU position for the eighth meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention on several communications about access to justice and EU environmental law cases.
The European Commission proposes a Council decision that would set the EU’s position for the Aarhus Convention Meeting of the Parties: endorse draft decision VIII/8e and, for some items, do so only if specified points are reflected.
The immediate actors are the European Commission, the Council, the EU’s representatives at the meeting, and the Aarhus Convention bodies handling the compliance review.
The Commission is asking for this Council position because it says the EU must respond to Aarhus Convention compliance findings on State aid, and to related recommendations on energy plans, projects and industrial emissions.
It applies at the eighth session of the Aarhus Convention Meeting of the Parties within the Aarhus Convention system, in relation to the EU’s compliance review.
The available official record does not specify this yet.
The Council would authorise EU representatives to support draft decision VIII/8e, with conditions on some compliance findings and permission for minor technical changes during the meeting.