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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-401/annex/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/401",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 30 April 2008 amending its Rules of Procedure as regards detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institution and bodies (2008/401/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-401",
  "path": "annex/article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Decisions concerning the admissibility of requests for internal review",
  "text": "1. As soon as the request for internal review is registered, an acknowledgement of receipt shall be sent to the non-governmental organisation author of the request, where appropriate by electronic means.\n2. The Commission department concerned shall determine whether the non-governmental organisation is entitled to make a request for internal review in accordance with Commission Decision 2008/50/EC.\n3. In accordance with Article 14 of the Rules of Procedure, the power to take decisions on the admissibility of a request for internal review is delegated to the Director-General or the head of department concerned.\nDecisions on the admissibility of the request shall cover any decisions on the entitlement, pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, of the non-governmental organisation author of the request, the timely submission of the request under the second subparagraph of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006, and on the indication and substantiation of the grounds on which the request is made, as required in Article 1(2) and (3) of Decision 2008/50/EC.\n4. Where the Director-General or the head of department referred to in paragraph 3 finds that the request for internal review is inadmissible in full or in part, the non-governmental organisation author of the request shall be informed in writing, if appropriate by electronic means, stating the reasons.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 13, 16.1.2008, p. 24."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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