Mapping the problems national legal orders face when applying new EU legislation on private international law (PIL), in particular the Brussels I recast. (leibnizcenter.org)
One of the arguments put forward by the Court was that the Aarhus Convention could not be relied upon because it «was manifestly designed with the national legal orders in mind». (europeanlawblog.eu)
the reference, in Article 4 (1) of the Aarhus Convention, to national legislation indicates that that convention was manifestly designed with the national legal orders in mind, and not the specific legal features of institutions of regional economic integration, such as the European Union, even where those institutions can sign and accede to the Aarhus Convention, under Articles 17 and 19 thereof. (europeanlawblog.eu)