REGULATION (EC) No 1367/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 6 September 2006on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, PublicParticipation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Communityinstitutions and bodiesTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO-PEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-nity, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic andSocial Committee (1),After consulting the Committee of the Regions,Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251of the Treaty, in the light of the joint text approved by the Con-ciliation Committee on 22 June 2006 (2),Whereas:(1) Community legislation in the field of the environmentaims to contribute inter alia to preserving, protectingand improving the quality of the environment and pro-tecting hum...