Judgment_paragraph 51 · Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone and Others v Conseil des ministres (C-543/14)

51The Court has held, with regard to Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention, that, since only ‘members of the public who meet the criteria, if any, laid down by [the] national law’ are entitled to exercise the rights provided for in this provision, it is subject, in its implementation or effects, to the adoption of a subsequent measure (judgments of 8 March 2011 in Lesoochranárske zoskupenie, C‑240/09, EU:C:2011:125, paragraph 45, and 13 Janaury 2015 in Council and Others v Vereniging Milieudefensie and Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht, C‑401/12 P to C‑403/12 P, EU:C:2015:4, paragraph 55).