
Article 1 

1. The position to be taken by the Union at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention with regard to draft Decision VI/8f concerning compliance by the Union with its obligations under the Aarhus Convention shall be to accept draft Decision VI/8f subject to:
— deleting the last part of paragraph 6 of draft Decision VI/8f and replacing ‘endorses’ with ‘takes note of’, so that the paragraph would then read as follows: ‘Takes note of the finding of the Compliance Committee with regard to communication ACCC/C/2008/32 (part II) that the Party concerned fails to comply with Article 9, paraghraphs 3 and 4, of the Convention.’;
— inserting the words ‘to consider’ after the words ‘Recommends to the Party concerned’ in the heading of paragraph 7 of draft Decision VI/8f, which would then read: ‘Recommends that the Party concerned considers that:’;
— deleting the words ‘to the Court of Justice of the European Union’ in point (i) of paragraph 7 (b) of draft Decision VI/8f; and
— deleting point (c) of paragraph 7 of draft Decision VI/8f.
2. Other minor amendments in line with the approach of this Decision can be agreed at coordination on the spot and in light of possible negotiations on draft Decision VI/8f.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 17 July 2017.
For the Council
The President
T. TAMM