70As regards, in the second place, the argument of the EIB and the Commission that, in adopting the resolution of 12 April 2018, the EIB’s Board of Directors did not act as a ‘public authority’ within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Aarhus Convention, it must be recalled, first, that, under Article 2(2)(d) of that convention, the institutions of any regional economic integration organisation which, like the European Union, is a party to that convention must be regarded as public authorities for the purposes of that convention, except when acting in a judicial or legislative capacity.
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