Council Decision (EU) 2017/1346 of 17 July 2017 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention as regards compliance case ACCC/C/2008/32

1 The position to be taken by the Union at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention with regard to draft Decision VI/8f concerning compliance by the Union with its obligations under the Aarhus Convention shall be to accept draft Decision VI/8f subject to: deleting the last part of paragraph 6 of draft Decision VI/8f and replacing ‘endorses’ with ‘takes note of’, so that the paragraph would then read as follows: ‘Takes note of the finding of the Compliance Committee with regard to communication ACCC/C/2008/32 (part II) that the Party concerned fails to comply with Article 9, paraghraphs 3 and 4, of the Convention.’; inserting the words ‘to consider’ after the words ‘Recommends to the Party concerned’ in the heading of paragraph 7 of draft Decision VI/8f, which would then read: ‘Recommends that the Party concerned considers that:’; deleting the words ‘to the Court of Justice of the European Union’ in point (i) of paragraph 7 (b) of draft Decision VI/8f; and deleting point (c) of paragraph 7 of draft Decision VI/8f.

2 Other minor amendments in line with the approach of this Decision can be agreed at coordination on the spot and in light of possible negotiations on draft Decision VI/8f.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.