The European Commission DG ENVI has posted its Commission Report on EU implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the area of access to justice in environmental matters online: (https://ec.europa.eu/environment/aarhus/pdf/Commission_report_2019.pdf )
This report and the related external study deliver a key part of the European
Commission’s commitment to developing a response to critical positions taken by an
international body, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (‘the ACCC’), vis-àvis the European Union (‘the Union’). These critical positions – formally referred to as
‘findings’ – are to the effect that the Union does not provide members of the public,
including environmental associations, with enough possibilities through administrative or
judicial review to legally challenge acts of the Union institutions for violations of Union
environmental law.
Source: European Commission, DG ENVI