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Record· CJCELEX 62009CJ0028decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2011.#European Commission v Republic of Austria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Articles 28 EC and 29 EC - Free movement of goods - Measures having equivalent effect to quantitative restrictions on imports and exports - Transport - Directives 96/62/EC and 1999/30/EC - Sectoral traffic prohibition for lorries of over 7.5 tonnes carrying certain goods - Air quality - Protection of health and the environment - Principle of proportionality - Consistency.#Case C-28/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 December 2011

Record· TJCELEX 62004TJ0291decided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2011.#Enviro Tech Europe Ltd and Enviro Tech International, Inc. v European Commission.#Environment and consumer protection - Classification, packaging and labelling of n-propyl bromide as a dangerous substance - Directive 2004/73/EC - Directive 67/548/EEC - Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 - Action for annulment - Late request to adapt claims - Legal interest in bringing proceedings - Lack of individual concern - Inadmissibility - Non-contractual liability - Judgment of the Court of Justice concerning the validity of Directive 2004/73 - Same subject-matter.#Case T-291/04.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 December 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62008CJ0560decided

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 December 2011.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC - Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Projects for the widening and/or upgrading of the M-501 road in Spain - ZEP ES 0000056 'Encinares del río Alberche y río Cofio' ZEP ES0000056 - Proposed SCI ES310005 'Cuenca del río Guadarrama' and proposed SCI ES3110007 'Cuenca de los ríos Alberche y Cofio'.#Case C-560/08.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 December 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62011CC0041decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 8 December 2011.#Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL and Terre wallonne ASBL v Région wallonne.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium).#Protection of the environment — Directive 2001/42/EC — Articles 2 and 3 — Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources — Plan or programme — No prior environmental assessment — Annulment of a plan or programme — Possibility of maintaining the effects of the plan or programme — Conditions.#Case C-41/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 December 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62011CC0001decided

Opinion of Advocate General Bot delivered on 8 December 2011.#Interseroh Scrap and Metals Trading GmbH v Sonderabfall-Management-Gesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz mbH (SAM).#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Mainz.#Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 — Article 18(1) and (4) — Shipments of certain waste — Article 3(2) — Mandatory information — Identity of waste producers — Information not provided by the intermediary dealer — Protection of business secrets.#Case C-1/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 December 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62009CJ0404decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 November 2011.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC - Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Wild fauna and flora - Open-cast coal mines - ‘Alto Sil’ site - Special protection area - Site of Community importance - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) - Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus).#Case C-404/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 November 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62010CC0567decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 17 November 2011.#Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL and Others v Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium).#Directive 2001/42/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — Concept of plans and programmes ‘which are required by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions’ — Applicability of the directive to a procedure for the total or partial repeal of a land use plan.#Case C‑567/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 November 2011

Record· COCELEX 62009CO0177decided

Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2011.#Le Poumon vert de la Hulpe ASBL and Others v Région wallonne.#References for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'État - Belgium.#Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment - Directive 85/337/EEC - Scope - Concept of 'specific act of national legislation' - Aarhus Convention - Access to justice in environmental matters - Extent of the right to a review procedure in respect of a legislative act.#Joined cases C-177/09 to C-179/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 November 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62009CC0504decided

Opinion of Advocate General Trstenjak delivered on 17 November 2011.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Appeal — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme — National allocation plan for emission allowances for the Republic of Poland for the period 2008 to 2012 — Article 9(1) and (3) and Article 11(2) of Directive 2003/87 — Respective competences of the Commission and the Member States — Equal treatment.#Case C‑504/09 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 November 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62009CC0505decided

Opinion of Advocate General Trstenjak delivered on 17 November 2011.#European Commission v Republic of Estonia.#Appeal — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme — National allocation plan for emission allowances for the Republic of Estonia for the period 2008 to 2012 — Respective competences of the Commission and the Member States — Article 9(1) and (3) and Article 11(2) of Directive 2003/87 — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration.#Case C-505/09 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 November 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0474decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 October 2011.#Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland v Seaport (NI) Ltd and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland - United Kingdom.#Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2001/42/EC - Article 6 - Designation, for consultation purposes, of an authority likely to be concerned by the environmental effects of implementing plans and programmes - Possibility of authority to be consulted conceiving plans or programmes - Requirement to designate a separate authority - Arrangements for the information and consultation of the authorities and the public.#Case C-474/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 October 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62009CJ0128decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 October 2011.#Antoine Boxus and Willy Roua (C-128/09), Guido Durlet and Others (C-129/09), Paul Fastrez and Henriette Fastrez (C-130/09), Philippe Daras (C-131/09), Association des riverains et habitants des communes proches de l’aéroport BSCA (Brussels South Charleroi Airport) (ARACh) (C-134/09 and C-135/09), Bernard Page (C-134/09) and Léon L’Hoir and Nadine Dartois (C-135/09) v Région wallonne.#References for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'État - Belgium.#Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment - Directive 85/337/EEC - Scope - Concept of ‘specific act of national legislation’ - Aarhus Convention - Access to justice in environmental matters - Extent of the right to a review procedure in respect of a legislative act.#Joined cases C-128/09 to C-131/09, C-134/09 and C-135/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 October 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0295decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 September 2011.#Genovaitė Valčiukienė and Others v Pakruojo rajono savivaldybė and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Vyriausiasis administracinis teismas - Lithuania.#Directive 2001/42/EC - Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment - Plans which determine the use of small areas at local level - Article 3(3) - Documents relating to land planning at local level relating to only one subject of economic activity - Assessment under Directive 2001/42/EC precluded in national law - Member States’ discretion - Article 3(5) - Link with Directive 85/337/EEC - Article 11(1) and (2) of Directive 2001/42/EC.#Case C-295/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 22 September 2011

Record· TOCELEX 62011TO0381decided

Order of the President of the General Court of 15 September 2011.#Europäischer Wirtschaftsverband der Eisen- und Stahlindustrie (Eurofer) ASBL v European Commission.#Interim relief - Environment - Allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge in accordance with Directive 2003/87/EC - Setting of the product benchmarks the subject of the Commission’s decision - Application for interim measures - Admissibility - Urgency.#Case T-381/11 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2011

Record· TOCELEX 62011TO0379decided

Order of the President of the General Court of 15 September 2011.#Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH and Others v European Commission.#Interim relief - Environment - Allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge in accordance with Directive 2003/87/EC - Setting of the product benchmarks the subject of the Commission’s decision - Application for interim measures - Admissibility - Urgency.#Case T-379/11 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0053decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 September 2011.#Land Hessen v Franz Mücksch OHG.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesverwaltungsgericht - Germany.#Environment - Directive 96/82/EC - Control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances - Prevention - Appropriate distances between areas of public use and establishments where large quantities of dangerous substances are present.#Case C-53/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2011

Record· TOCELEX 62009TO0224decided

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 September 2011.#Centre d’étude et de valorisation des algues SA (CEVA) v European Commission.#Action for annulment - Specific programme for research and technological development on energy, environment and sustainable development - Protop project - Subsidy contract - Demand for recovery of payments made on account pursuant to a contract for the financing of research - Sub-contracting - Enforcement order - Act not subject to review - Inadmissibility.#Case T-224/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 September 2011

Record· TJCELEX 62008TJ0029decided

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 September 2011.#Liga para Protecção da Natureza (LPN) v European Commission.#Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Refusal of access - Documents concerning proceedings for failure to fulfil obligations concerning a dam project on the river Sabor - Exception concerning the protection of the objectives of inspections, investigations and audits - Environmental information - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Obligation to carry out a specific and individual examination - Overriding public interest.#Case T-29/08.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 9 September 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0120decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 September 2011.#European Air Transport SA v Collège d'Environnement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale and Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'État - Belgium.#Air transport - Directive 2002/30/EC - Noise-related operating restrictions at Community airports - Noise level limits that must be observed when overflying built-up areas near an airport.#Case C-120/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 September 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62008CJ0279decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 September 2011.#European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands.#Appeal - State aid - Article 87(1) EC - Emission trading scheme for nitrogen oxides - Classification of the national measure as State aid - Decision declaring aid to be compatible with the common market - Concept of selectivity - Advantage financed through State resources - Protection of the environment - Obligation to state the reasons for decision - Admissibility.#Case C-279/08 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 September 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0071decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 July 2011.#Office of Communications v Information Commissioner.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - United Kingdom.#Public access to environmental information - Directive 2003/4/EC - Article 4 - Exceptions to the right of access - Request for access involving more than one of the interests protected under Article 4(2) of that directive.#Case C-71/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 28 July 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0015decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 July 2011.#Etimine SA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court).#Environment and protection of human health – Directive 67/548/EEC –Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Borate substances – Classification as reprotoxic substances in category 2 – Directive 2008/58/EC and Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 – Adaptation of the classifications to technical and scientific progress – Validity – Methods of assessing the intrinsic properties of those substances – Manifest error of assessment – Legal basis – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of proportionality.#Case C-15/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 July 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0021decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 July 2011.#Károly Nagy v Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Fővárosi Bíróság - Hungary.#Common agricultural policy - EAGGF financing - Regulations (EC) No 1257/1999 and No 817/2004 - Community support for rural development - Support for agri-environmental production methods - Agri-environmental aid other than ‘livestock’ aid, the grant of which is conditional upon a certain density of livestock - Application of the integrated administration and control system - System for the identification and registration of bovine animals - Duty of national authorities to provide information on the conditions for eligibility.#Case C-21/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 July 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0014decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 July 2011.#Nickel Institute v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) - United Kingdom.#Environment and protection of human health - Directive 67/548/EEC - Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 - Classification of nickel carbonates, nickel hydroxides and a number of grouped nickel substances as dangerous substances - Validity of Directives 2008/58/EC and 2009/2/EC and of Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 - Adaptation of the classifications to technical and scientific progress - Validity - Methods of assessing the intrinsic properties of those substances - Manifest error of assessment - Legal basis - Obligation to state reasons.#Case C-14/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 July 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62010CJ0002decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 July 2011.#Azienda Agro-Zootecnica Franchini sarl and Eolica di Altamura Srl v Regione Puglia.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Puglia.#Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 79/409/EEC – Conservation of wild birds – Special areas of conservation forming part of the Natura 2000 European Ecological Network – Directives 2009/28/EC and 2001/77/EC – Renewable energy sources – National rules – Prohibition on the location of wind turbines not intended for self‑consumption – No assessment of the environmental implications of the project.#Case C-2/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 July 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62010CC0474decided

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Bot delivered on 14 July 2011.#Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland v Seaport (NI) Ltd and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland - United Kingdom.#Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2001/42/EC - Article 6 - Designation, for consultation purposes, of an authority likely to be concerned by the environmental effects of implementing plans and programmes - Possibility of authority to be consulted conceiving plans or programmes - Requirement to designate a separate authority - Arrangements for the information and consultation of the authorities and the public.#Case C-474/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 July 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62009CC0404decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 28 June 2011.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC - Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Wild fauna and flora - Open-cast coal mines - ‘Alto Sil’ site - Special protection area - Site of Community importance - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) - Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus).#Case C-404/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 28 June 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62009CC0204decided

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 22 June 2011.#Flachglas Torgau GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Aarhus Convention — Directive 2003/4/EC — Access to environmental information — Bodies or institutions acting in a legislative capacity — Confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities — Condition that the confidentiality must be provided for by law.#Case C‑204/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 22 June 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62009CJ0538decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 May 2011.#European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment -Directive 92/43/EEC - Article 6(3) - Special areas of conservation - Appropriate assessment of the implications of a plan or project which is likely to have a significant effect on a protected site - Exemption from assessment of plans or projects which are subject to a declaratory scheme - Incorrect transposition.#Case C-538/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 May 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62009CJ0165decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 May 2011.#Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Others v College van Gedeputeerde Staten van Groningen (C-165/09) and College van Gedeputeerde Staten van Zuid-Holland (C-166/09 and C-167/09).#References for a preliminary ruling: Raad van State - Netherlands.#Environment - Directive 2008/1/EC - Permit for the construction and operation of a power station - Directive 2001/81/EC - National emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants - Power of the Member States during the transitional period - Direct effect.#Joined cases C-165/09 to C-167/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 May 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62009CC0128decided

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 19 May 2011.#Antoine Boxus and Willy Roua (C-128/09), Guido Durlet and Others (C-129/09), Paul Fastrez and Henriette Fastrez (C-130/09), Philippe Daras (C-131/09), Association des riverains et habitants des communes proches de l’aéroport BSCA (Brussels South Charleroi Airport) (ARACh) (C-134/09 and C-135/09), Bernard Page (C-134/09) and Léon L’Hoir and Nadine Dartois (C-135/09) v Région wallonne.#References for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'État - Belgium.#Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment - Directive 85/337/EEC - Scope - Concept of ‘specific act of national legislation’ - Aarhus Convention - Access to justice in environmental matters - Extent of the right to a review procedure in respect of a legislative act.#Joined cases C-128/09 to C-131/09, C-134/09 and C-135/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 19 May 2011

Record· CJCELEX 62009CJ0115decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 May 2011.#Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland, Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen eV v Bezirksregierung Arnsberg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: l’Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany.#Directive 85/337/EEC - Environmental impact assessment - Aarhus Convention - Directive 2003/35/EC - Access to justice - Non-governmental organisations for the protection of the environment.#Case C-115/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 May 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62010CC0002decided

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mazák delivered on 14 April 2011.#Azienda Agro-Zootecnica Franchini sarl and Eolica di Altamura Srl v Regione Puglia.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Puglia.#Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 79/409/EEC – Conservation of wild birds – Special areas of conservation forming part of the Natura 2000 European Ecological Network – Directives 2009/28/EC and 2001/77/EC – Renewable energy sources – National rules – Prohibition on the location of wind turbines not intended for self‑consumption – No assessment of the environmental implications of the project.#Case C-2/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 April 2011

Report· CCCELEX 62010CC0053decided

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 14 April 2011.#Land Hessen v Franz Mücksch OHG.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesverwaltungsgericht - Germany.#Environment - Directive 96/82/EC - Control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances - Prevention - Appropriate distances between areas of public use and establishments where large quantities of dangerous substances are present.#Case C-53/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 April 2011

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