Applications for procedural safeguards
Article 6
1. Member States shall ensure that where court proceedings are brought against natural or legal persons on account of their engagement in public participation, those persons can apply, in accordance with national law, for: (a) security as provided for in Article 10; (b) early dismissal of manifestly unfounded claims as provided for in Chapter III; (c) remedies against abusive court proceedings against public participation as provided for in Chapter IV. 2. Member States may provide that measures on procedural safeguards as provided for in Chapters III and IV can be taken ex officio by the court or tribunal seised of the matter.