translate English to French: The Commission argued that the provisions of the Convention were more detailed and that the scope was broader than existing Community legislation and that therefore, the Community should adopt the Regulation in order to fully apply the requirements of the Aarhus Convention to the Community institutions and bodies before ratifying the Aarhus Convention.7 However, as this view was not shared by the Council, the European Community ratified the Convention on 17 February 2005 and became a party at the second Meeting of the Parties 1
Selon la Commission, les dispositions de la convention étant plus ambitieuses et son champ d'application plus large que ceux de la législation communautaire en vigueur, il importait d'adopter un règlement en vue de l'application pleine et entière des exigences de la convention d'Århus aux institutions et aux organes communautaires, préalablement à la signature de ladite convention7. Cependant, le Conseil ne partageant pas ce point de vue, la Communauté européenne a ratifié 1