Environment: access to information and justice, public participation, application of the Arhus Convention

The Council decided not to approve the European Parliament's second reading amendments to a proposal for a Regulation on the application of the provisions of the Arhus Convention on access to information, on public participation in decision-making and on access to justice in environmental matters to EC institutions and bodies.

The Council accordingly decided to convene the Parliament-Council conciliation committee with a view to negotiating a joint text.