45It is true that only ‘members of the public’ that ‘meet the criteria, if any, laid down in … national law’ have the rights set out in Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention, so that that provision, in itself, has no direct effect in EU law. However, the fact remains that that provision, read in conjunction with Article 47 of the Charter, imposes on Member States an obligation to ensure effective judicial protection of the rights conferred by EU law, in particular the provisions of environmental law (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 March 2011, Lesoochranárske zoskupenie, C‑240/09, EU:C:2011:125, paragraphs 45 and 51).
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