35First of all, it should be recalled that, by becoming a party to the Aarhus Convention, the European Union undertook to ensure, within the scope of European Union law, a general principle of access to environmental information held by or for public authorities (see, to this effect, Case C-524/09 Ville de Lyon [2010] ECR I-14115, paragraph 36, and Case C‑204/09 Flachglas Torgau [2012] ECR, paragraph 30).
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