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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/50",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 13 December 2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Aarhus Convention as regards requests for the internal review of administrative acts (2008/50/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 13 December 2007\nlaying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Aarhus Convention as regards requests for the internal review of administrative acts\n(2008/50/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 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 institutions and bodies, and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EC) No 1367/2006 makes provisions for the application of the Aarhus Convention to Community institutions and bodies.\n(2)\nTitle IV of that Regulation sets out provisions on internal review of administrative acts and omissions, the application of which requires detailed rules on the content and means of submission of applications.\n(3)\nArticle 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 sets out criteria for the entitlement at Community level of non-governmental organisations to make a request for internal review in accordance with Article 10 thereof, the transparent and consistent application of which require detailed rules on the evidence to be provided with applications, the calculation of time limits for reply to applications and cooperation between Community institutions and bodies.\n(4)\nIn order to ensure a consistent application of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006, this Decision should apply from 28 June 2007,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p. 13."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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