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Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0236decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2025.#Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen and Sogent v KG and WA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Projects listed in Annex II – Determination of the projects to be made subject to an environmental impact assessment (screening) – Article 9a – Prevention of conflicts of interest – Combining the functions of developer and the authority competent to make that determination – Appropriate separation between conflicting functions.#Case C-236/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 May 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0809_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 March 2025.#Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS v Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) and Compagnie européenne de réalisations antiparasitaires SAS France (CERA).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Biocidal products – Directive 98/8/EC – Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 – Applicability ratione temporis – Transitional rules – Access to information – Articles 66 and 67 – Request for access to a report on the technical equivalence of active substances in biocidal products drawn up by the competent authority of a Member State – Protection of commercial interests – Directive 2003/4/EC – Applicability ratione materiae – Article 4(2) – Concept of ‘information on emissions into the environment’.#Case C-809/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 March 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0809decided

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 March 2025.#Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS v Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) and Compagnie européenne de réalisations antiparasitaires SAS France (CERA).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Biocidal products – Directive 98/8/EC – Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 – Applicability ratione temporis – Transitional rules – Access to information – Articles 66 and 67 – Request for access to a report on the technical equivalence of active substances in biocidal products drawn up by the competent authority of a Member State – Protection of commercial interests – Directive 2003/4/EC – Applicability ratione materiae – Article 4(2) – Concept of ‘information on emissions into the environment’.#Case C-809/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 March 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0041_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#Waltham Abbey Residents Association v An Bord Pleanála and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Article 2(1) and Article 4(2) – Projects covered by Annex II – Urban development projects – Article 4(4) and (5) – Obligations of the developer and the competent authority when the Member State concerned decides to require the determination provided for in those paragraphs 4 and 5 for those projects – Account taken of observations submitted by a third party, indicating a potential impact of the project concerned on an animal species covered by the strict protection provided for in Article 12 of Directive 92/43/EEC.#Case C-41/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 March 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0041decided

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#Waltham Abbey Residents Association v An Bord Pleanála and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Irelande).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Article 2(1) and Article 4(2) – Projects covered by Annex II – Urban development projects – Article 4(4) and (5) – Obligations of the developer and the competent authority when the Member State concerned decides to require the determination provided for in those paragraphs 4 and 5 for those projects – Account taken of observations submitted by a third party, indicating a potential impact of the project concerned on an animal species covered by the strict protection provided for in Article 12 of Directive 92/43/EEC.#Case C-41/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 March 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0315_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#European Commission v Republic of Croatia.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 260(2) TFEU – Waste treatment – Directive 2008/98/EC – Stone aggregate deposited in the Biljane Donje (Croatia) landfill site – Article 5(1) – Concept of ‘by-product’ – Article 13 – Obligation of Member States to ensure the protection of human health and of the environment – Article 15(1) – Obligation to have waste treated by the holder or by other designated persons – Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Failure to comply – Financial penalties – Lump sum payment – Penalty payment.#Case C-315/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 March 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0315decided

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 March 2025.#European Commission v Republic of Croatia.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 260(2) TFEU – Waste treatment – Directive 2008/98/EC – Stone aggregate deposited in the Biljane Donje (Croatia) landfill site – Article 5(1) – Concept of ‘by-product’ – Article 13 – Obligation of Member States to ensure the protection of human health and of the environment – Article 15(1) – Obligation to have waste treated by the holder or by other designated persons – Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Failure to comply – Financial penalties – Lump sum payment – Penalty payment.#Case C-315/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 March 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0128_INFdecided

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 27 February 2025.#European Commission v Hellenic Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 2014/89/EU – Maritime spatial planning – Article 8(1) – Obligation to set up maritime spatial plans – Article 14(1) – Obligation to send copies of the maritime spatial plans to the European Commission and to any other Member States concerned.#Case C-128/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 February 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0128decided

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 27 February 2025.#European Commission v Hellenic Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 2014/89/EU – Maritime spatial planning – Article 8(1) – Obligation to set up maritime spatial plans – Article 14(1) – Obligation to send copies of the maritime spatial plans to the European Commission and to any other Member States concerned.#Case C-128/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 February 2025

Report· CCCELEX 62023CC0071decided

Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta delivered on 6 February 2025.#French Republic v European Commission.#Appeal – Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217 – Classification of titanium dioxide in powder form containing 1% or more of particles of a diameter equal to or below 10 μm – Criteria for classification of a substance as carcinogenic – Reliability and acceptability of scientific studies – Calculation of lung overload in particles – ‘Decisive’ nature of a scientific study – Distortion of the evidence – Error of law – Choice of calculation parameters – Particle density – Scientific assessment – Exceeding the limits of judicial review – Concept of ‘intrinsic properties’ – Grounds included for the sake of completeness.#Case C-71/23 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 February 2025

Report· CCCELEX 62023CC0514decided

Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 6 February 2025.#Tiberis Holding Srl v Gestore dei servizi energetici (GSE) SpA and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources – Directive 2009/28/EC – Article 3 – Directive (EU) 2018/2001 – Article 4 – National incentives for the production of energy from renewable sources – Aid scheme – State aid – Article 108 TFEU – Exclusive competence of the European Commission to rule on the compatibility of aid measures with the internal market – Commission decision finding such an aid scheme compatible with the internal market – Action brought before a national court by a beneficiary of aid under that scheme challenging a modality of that scheme which is inextricably linked to its functioning – Inadmissibility, in the context of that action, of a request for a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of those provisions of those directives.#Case C-514/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 February 2025

Report· CCCELEX 62023CC0784decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 6 February 2025.#OÜ Voore Mets and AS Lemeks Põlva v Keskkonnaamet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2009/147/EC – Conservation of wild birds – Article 5 – Prohibitions to ensure the protection of birds – Article 9 – Derogations – Articles 16 and 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Prohibition on felling trees during the period of bird breeding and rearing.#Case C-784/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 February 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62024TJ0006_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 January 2025.#Northtechnic OOD v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 – Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Commission Implementing Decision attributing a reference value – Method of calculation – Failure to take into account certain quantities of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the market – Article 16 and Annex V of Regulation No 517/2014 – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-6/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 29 January 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62024TJ0006decided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 January 2025.#Northtechnic OOD v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 – Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Commission Implementing Decision attributing a reference value – Method of calculation – Failure to take into account certain quantities of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the market – Article 16 and Annex V of Regulation No 517/2014 – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-6/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 29 January 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0188_RESdecided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 January 2025.#Land Niedersachsen v Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS "MSC Flaminia".#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Shipment of waste – Directive 2006/12/EC – Directive 2008/98/EC – Concept of ‘waste’ – Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal – Article 1(4) – Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 – Waste subject to the prior written notification and consent procedure – Shipments of waste within the European Union – Article 1(3)(b) – Validity – Interpretation in conformity with the Basel Convention – Waste generated on board a ship following damage sustained by it on the high seas – Concept of ‘offloading of waste’ – Partial offloading of waste in a safe port.#Case C-188/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 January 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0188decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 January 2025.#Land Niedersachsen v Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS 'MSC Flaminia'.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Shipment of waste – Directive 2006/12/EC – Directive 2008/98/EC – Concept of ‘waste’ – Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal – Article 1(4) – Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 – Waste subject to the prior written notification and consent procedure – Shipments of waste within the European Union – Article 1(3)(b) – Validity – Interpretation in conformity with the Basel Convention – Waste generated on board a ship following damage sustained by it on the high seas – Concept of ‘offloading of waste’ – Partial offloading of waste in a safe port.#Case C-188/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 January 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0385decided

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 December 2024.#Carmeuse Holding SRL v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period – Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Principle of good administration – Error of law – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations.#Case T-385/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 December 2024

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0554decided

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 December 2024.#Carmeuse Holding SRL v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period – Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Principle of good administration – Error of law – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations.#Case T-554/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 December 2024

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0554_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 December 2024.#Carmeuse Holding SRL v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period – Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Principle of good administration – Error of law – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations.#Case T-554/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 December 2024

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0385_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 December 2024.#Carmeuse Holding SRL v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period – Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Principle of good administration – Error of law – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations.#Case T-385/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 December 2024

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0449_RESdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2024.#Evonik Operations GmbH v European Commission.#Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 – Harmonised classification and labelling of the substance silanamine, 1,1,1-trimethyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)-, hydrolysis products with silica; pyrogenic, synthetic amorphous, nano, surface treated silicon dioxide – Criteria for classification of a substance in the hazard class ‘Specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure’ – Appropriateness of the classification – Absence of public consultation on the opinion of ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment – Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making – Absence of impact assessment.#Case T-449/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 November 2024

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0453decided

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2024.#BASF SE and Others v European Commission.#Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 – Classification and labelling of the substance N-carboxymethyliminobis (ethylenenitrilo)tetra(acetic acid) and its pentasodium and pentapotassium salts (DTPA) – Criteria for classification of a substance as a reproductive toxicant Category 1B – Intrinsic property to specifically harm reproduction – Non-specific secondary consequence of other toxic effects – Possible influence of maternal toxicity – Appropriateness of the classification – Absence of public consultation on the opinions of ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment – Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making – Absence of impact assessment.#Case T-453/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 November 2024

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0449decided

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2024.#Evonik Operations GmbH v European Commission.#Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 – Harmonised classification and labelling of the substance silanamine, 1,1,1-trimethyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)-, hydrolysis products with silica; pyrogenic, synthetic amorphous, nano, surface treated silicon dioxide – Criteria for classification of a substance in the hazard class ‘Specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure’ – Appropriateness of the classification – Absence of public consultation on the opinion of ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment – Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making – Absence of impact assessment.#Case T-449/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 November 2024

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0453_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2024.#BASF SE and Others v European Commission.#Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 – Classification and labelling of the substance N-carboxymethyliminobis (ethylenenitrilo)tetra(acetic acid) and its pentasodium and pentapotassium salts (DTPA) – Criteria for classification of a substance as a reproductive toxicant Category 1B – Intrinsic property to specifically harm reproduction – Non-specific secondary consequence of other toxic effects – Possible influence of maternal toxicity – Appropriateness of the classification – Absence of public consultation on the opinions of ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment – Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making – Absence of impact assessment.#Case T-453/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 November 2024

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0370_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 November 2024.#Mesto Rimavská Sobota v Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva a rozvoja vidieka Slovenskej republiky.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 – Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market – Article 2(a) to (c) – Concepts of ‘timber and timber products’, ‘placing on the market’ and ‘operator’.#Case C-370/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 November 2024

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0047_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 November 2024.#European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 6(2) – Appropriate steps to avoid, in special areas of conservation, the deterioration of natural habitats – Habitat types 6510 (lowland hay meadows) and 6520 (mountain hay meadows) protected by the Natura 2000 network – Loss of area – No specific surveillance of natural habitats – General and structural failure – Article 4(1) – Proposal by each Member State of a list of sites indicating which natural habitat types and native species the sites host – Regular updating of information relating to those sites.#Case C-47/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 November 2024

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0165decided

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 November 2024.#European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species – Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 – Article 14(1) and (2) – Obligation to establish a surveillance system of invasive alien species of EU concern – Article 13(2) and (5) – Obligations to establish and implement one single action plan or a set of action plans and to transmit that or those action plans to the Commission without delay.#Case C-165/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 November 2024

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0165_INFdecided

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 November 2024.#European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species – Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 – Article 14(1) and (2) – Obligation to establish a surveillance system of invasive alien species of EU concern – Article 13(2) and (5) – Obligations to establish and implement one single action plan or a set of action plans and to transmit that or those action plans to the Commission without delay.#Case C-165/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 November 2024

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0047decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 November 2024.#European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 6(2) – Appropriate steps to avoid, in special areas of conservation, the deterioration of natural habitats – Habitat types 6510 (lowland hay meadows) and 6520 (mountain hay meadows) protected by the Natura 2000 network – Loss of area – No specific surveillance of natural habitats – General and structural failure – Article 4(1) – Proposal by each Member State of a list of sites indicating which natural habitat types and native species the sites host – Regular updating of information relating to those sites.#Case C-47/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 November 2024

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