2Article 2(2) of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, signed at Aarhus (Denmark) on 25 June 1998 and approved on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005 (OJ 2005 L 124, p. 1) (‘the Aarhus Convention’), provides that, for the purposes of that convention:‘“Public authority” means:…(d) The institutions of any regional economic integration organisation referred to in article 17 which is a Party to this Convention.This definition does not include bodies or institutions acting in a judicial or legislative capacity.’
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