Article 2Criteria for the entitlement of non-governmental organisations to request internal review#
1.Any non-governmental organisation that submits a request for internal review of an administrative act or omission in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 shall provide evidence that it meets the criteria set out in Article 11(1) of that Regulation, in form of the documents listed in paragraph 5 to this Article.
2.Where any of those documents cannot be provided for reasons not attributable to the non-governmental organisation, that organisation may provide evidence in form of any other equivalent document.
3.Where it does not clearly appear from the documents that the non-governmental organisation is independent and non-profit making, that organisation shall submit a declaration to that effect, signed by a person empowered to do so within the non-governmental organisation.
4.Where it does not clearly appear from the documents that the non-governmental organisation has the primary stated objective of promoting environmental protection in the context of environmental law, that it has existed for more than two years and is actively pursuing this objective, or that the subject matter in respect of which the request for internal review is made is covered by the objectives and activities of the non-governmental organisation, that organisation shall submit any other document providing evidence that this criterion is met.
5.List of documents to be provided under paragraph 1:
(a)statute or by-laws of the non-governmental organisation, or any other document fulfilling the same role under national practice, in respect of those EU Member States where national law does not require or provide for a non-governmental organisation to adopt statute or by-laws;
(b)annual activity reports of the non-governmental organisation of the last two years;
(c)in respect of non-governmental organisations established in countries where the fulfilment of such procedures is a prerequisite for a non-governmental organisation to obtain legal personality, copy of the legal registration with the national authorities;
(d)where relevant, information and documentation that the non-governmental organisation has previously been acknowledged by a Union institution or body as being entitled to make a request for internal review of an administrative act or omission in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006; and a declaration by the non-governmental organisation that the conditions for eligibility continue to be met.