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51 records in EU in 2013

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Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0279decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 19 December 2013.#Fish Legal and Emily Shirley v Information Commissioner and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Aarhus Convention — Directive 2003/4/EC — Public access to environmental information — Scope — Concept of ‘public authority’ — Water and sewerage undertakers — Privatisation of the water industry in England and Wales.#Case C‑279/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 19 December 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0241decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 12 December 2013.#Shell Nederland Verkoopmaatschappij BV and Belgian Shell NV.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank te Rotterdam.#Environment – Waste – Concept – Directive 2006/12/EC – Shipments of waste – Information from the competent national authorities – Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 – Discarding of a substance or object or intention or requirement to discard it.#Joined Cases C‑241/12 and C‑242/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 December 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62011CJ0514decided

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 14 November 2013.#Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) and Republic of Finland v European Commission.#Appeal — Access to the documents of the institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Third indent of Article 4(2) — Exception concerning the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Environmental information — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Article 6(1) — Documents relating to the pre-litigation stage of infringement procedures — Refusal of access — Obligation to examine specifically and individually the documents referred to in the request for access — Overriding public interest.#Joined Cases C‑514/11 P and C‑605/11 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 November 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0383decided

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 14 November 2013.#Environmental Manufacturing LLP v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).#Appeal — Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Figurative mark representing a wolf’s head — Opposition by the proprietor of the national and international figurative marks containing the word elements ‘WOLF Jardin’ and ‘Outils WOLF’ — Relative grounds for refusal — Detriment to the distinctive character of the earlier mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(5) — Change in the economic behaviour of the average consumer — Burden of proof.#Case C‑383/12 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 November 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0072decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 7 November 2013.#Gemeinde Altrip and Others v Land Rheinland-Pfalz.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 85/337/EEC — Environmental impact assessment — Århus Convention — Directive 2003/35/EC — Right to challenge a development consent decision — Temporal application — Development consent procedure initiated before the period prescribed for transposing Directive 2003/35/EC expired — Decision taken after that date — Conditions of admissibility of the action — Impairment of a right — Nature of the procedural defect that may be invoked — Scope of the review.#Case C‑72/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 November 2013

Proposal· PCCELEX 52013PC0743open

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on establishing the position to be taken at the Eighteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, with regard to the proposal for amending Annexes II and III to the Protocol concerning Special Protected Areas and Biological Biodiversity in the Mediterranean and with regard to the proposal for adoption of a Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter

European Union · European Commission · 25 October 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0151decided

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 24 October 2013.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2000/60/EC — Framework for Community action in the field of water policy — Transposition of Articles 4(8), 7(2), 10(1) and (2) of and sections 1.3 and 1.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60 — Intracommunal and intercommunal river basins — Article 149(3) of the Spanish Constitution — Supplementing clause.#Case C‑151/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 October 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0082decided

Opinion of Advocate General Wahl, delivered on 24 October 2013.#Transportes Jordi Besora SL v Generalitat de Catalunya.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña.#Indirect taxes — Excise duties — Directive 92/12/EEC — Article 3(2) — Mineral oils — Tax on retail sales — Concept of ‘specific purpose’ — Transfer of powers to the Autonomous Communities — Financing — Predetermined allocation — Health-care and environmental expenditure.#Case C‑82/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 October 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0113decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 3 October 2013.#Donal Brady v Environmental Protection Agency.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court (Ireland).#Environment — Directive 75/442/EEC — Slurry produced in a piggery and stored there pending its transfer to farmers who use it as fertiliser on their land — Classification as ‘waste’ or ‘by-product’ — Conditions — Burden of proof — Directive 91/676/EEC — Failure to transpose — Personal liability of the producer as to compliance by those farmers with EU law concerning the management of waste and fertilisers.#Case C‑113/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 3 October 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0298decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 3 October 2013.#Confédération paysanne v Ministre de l’Alimentation, de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France).#Agriculture — Common agricultural policy — Single payment scheme — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Calculation of payment entitlement — Setting the reference amount — Reference period — Article 40(1), (2) and (5) — Exceptional circumstances — Farmers under agri-environmental commitments according to Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 and Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 — Determination of the right to revalorisation of the reference amount — Principle of protection of legitimate expectations — Equal treatment between farmers.#Case C‑298/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 3 October 2013

Record· TJCELEX 62010TJ0164decided

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 26 September 2013.#Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. v European Commission.#Approximation of laws — Deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms — Authorisation procedure for placing on the market — Failure by the Commission to submit a draft decision to the Council — Action for failure to act.#Case T‑164/10.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 September 2013

Record· TJCELEX 62009TJ0486decided

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 September 2013.#Republic of Poland v European Commission.#EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Rural development measures — Less favoured areas and agri environment — Flat-rate financial correction — Expenditure incurred by Poland — Control reports — Effectiveness of controls — System of penalties — Obligation to state reasons.#Case T‑486/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 September 2013

Record· TJCELEX 62007TJ0003decided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 16 September 2013.#Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.#Cohesion fund — Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 — Environmental infrastructure projects under way in the territory of Andalucia (Spain) — Partial withdrawal of financial assistance — Public works and services contracts — Award criteria — Publicity — Eligibility of expenditure — Determination of the financial corrections — Article H(2) of Annex II of Regulation No 1164/94 — Proportionality.#Case T‑3/07.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 September 2013

Record· TJCELEX 62006TJ0402decided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 16 September 2013.#Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.#Cohesion Fund — Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 — Environmental infrastructure projects implemented in Catalonia (Spain) — Partial cancellation of financial assistance — Public works and service contracts — Criteria for award of the contracts — Most economically advantageous tender — Equal treatment — Transparency — Abnormally low tender — Eligibility of expenditure — Determination of financial corrections — Article H(2) of Annex II to Regulation No 1164/94 — Proportionality.#Case T‑402/06.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 September 2013

Record· TJCELEX 62011TJ0111decided

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 13 September 2013.#ClientEarth v European Commission.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Studies received by the Commission concerning the transposition of directives on the environment — Partial refusal of access — Exception relating to protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Specific and individual assessment — Compatibility with the Aarhus Convention — Overriding public interest — Consequences of exceeding the period for the adoption of an express decision — Extent of the obligation actively to disseminate environmental information.#Case T‑111/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 September 2013

Record· TJCELEX 62009TJ0347decided

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 September 2013.#Federal Republic of Germany v European Commission.#State aid — Transfer free of charge of certain areas of natural national heritage — Measures for the financial support of large-scale environmental protection projects — Decision declaring aid compatible with the common market — Concept of undertaking — Obligation to state reasons.#Case T‑347/09.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 September 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0279decided

Opinion of Advocate General Cruz Villalón delivered on 5 September 2013.#Fish Legal and Emily Shirley v Information Commissioner and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Aarhus Convention — Directive 2003/4/EC — Public access to environmental information — Scope — Concept of ‘public authority’ — Water and sewerage undertakers — Privatisation of the water industry in England and Wales.#Case C‑279/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 5 September 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62011CC0514decided

Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet delivered on 5 September 2013.#Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) and Republic of Finland v European Commission.#Appeal — Access to the documents of the institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Third indent of Article 4(2) — Exception concerning the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Environmental information — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Article 6(1) — Documents relating to the pre-litigation stage of infringement procedures — Refusal of access — Obligation to examine specifically and individually the documents referred to in the request for access — Overriding public interest.#Joined Cases C‑514/11 P and C‑605/11 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 5 September 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62011CJ0515decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 18 July 2013.#Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin.#Public access to environmental information — Directive 2003/4/EC — Power of the Member States to exclude bodies acting in a legislative capacity from the definition of ‘public authority’ under that directive — Limits.#Case C‑515/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 July 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0301decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 20 June 2013.#Cascina Tre Pini Ss v Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Sites of Community importance — Review of status in the event of pollution or degradation of the environment — National legislation not providing for persons concerned to request such a review — Attribution to the competent national authorities of a discretionary power to undertake of their own motion a review procedure of that status.#Case C‑301/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 June 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0072decided

Opinion of Advocate General Cruz Villalón delivered on 20 June 2013.#Gemeinde Altrip and Others v Land Rheinland-Pfalz.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 85/337/EEC — Environmental impact assessment — Århus Convention — Directive 2003/35/EC — Right to challenge a development consent decision — Temporal application — Development consent procedure initiated before the period prescribed for transposing Directive 2003/35/EC expired — Decision taken after that date — Conditions of admissibility of the action — Impairment of a right — Nature of the procedural defect that may be invoked — Scope of the review.#Case C‑72/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 June 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0241decided

Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen delivered on 18 June 2013.#Shell Nederland Verkoopmaatschappij BV and Belgian Shell NV.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank te Rotterdam.#Environment – Waste – Concept – Directive 2006/12/EC – Shipments of waste – Information from the competent national authorities – Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 – Discarding of a substance or object or intention or requirement to discard it.#Joined Cases C‑241/12 and C‑242/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 June 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0151decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 30 May 2013.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2000/60/EC — Framework for Community action in the field of water policy — Transposition of Articles 4(8), 7(2), 10(1) and (2) of and sections 1.3 and 1.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60 — Intracommunal and intercommunal river basins — Article 149(3) of the Spanish Constitution — Supplementing clause.#Case C‑151/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 30 May 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0113decided

Opinion of Advocate General Cruz Villalón delivered on 16 May 2013.#Donal Brady v Environmental Protection Agency.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court (Ireland).#Environment — Directive 75/442/EEC — Slurry produced in a piggery and stored there pending its transfer to farmers who use it as fertiliser on their land — Classification as ‘waste’ or ‘by-product’ — Conditions — Burden of proof — Directive 91/676/EEC — Failure to transpose — Personal liability of the producer as to compliance by those farmers with EU law concerning the management of waste and fertilisers.#Case C‑113/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 May 2013

Report· CCCELEX 62012CC0298decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 16 May 2013.#Confédération paysanne v Ministre de l’Alimentation, de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France).#Agriculture — Common agricultural policy — Single payment scheme — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Calculation of payment entitlement — Setting the reference amount — Reference period — Article 40(1), (2) and (5) — Exceptional circumstances — Farmers under agri-environmental commitments according to Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 and Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 — Determination of the right to revalorisation of the reference amount — Principle of protection of legitimate expectations — Equal treatment between farmers.#Case C‑298/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 May 2013

Regulation· RCELEX 32013R0517in force

Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia

European Union · EUR-Lex · 13 May 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62011CJ0463decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 18 April 2013.#L v M.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden‑Württemberg.#Directive 2001/42/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — Article 3(4) and (5) — Determination of the type of plans likely to have significant environmental effects — Building plan ‘for development within an urban area’ exempted from an environmental assessment under national legislation — Incorrect assessment of the qualitative condition of ‘inner city development’ — No effect on the legal validity of the building plan — Effectiveness of the directive undermined.#Case C‑463/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 April 2013

Proposal· PCCELEX 52013PC0212open

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the 65th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of amendments to forms A and B of the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificates and amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme and at the 92nd session of the Maritime Safety Committee of amendments to the International Safety Management Code and amendments to SOLAS chapter III and the High Speed Craft Codes 1994 and 2000 concerning enclosed space entry and rescue drills

European Union · European Commission · 17 April 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62011CJ0258decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 11 April 2013.#Peter Sweetman and Others v An Bord Pleanála.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court (Ireland).#Environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 6 — Conservation of natural habitats — Special areas of conservation — Assessment of the implications for a protected site of a plan or project — Criteria to be applied when assessing the likelihood that such a plan or project will adversely affect the integrity of the site concerned — Lough Corrib site — N6 Galway City Outer Bypass road scheme.#Case C‑258/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 April 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62012CJ0158decided

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 April 2013.#European Commission v Ireland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2008/1/EC — Article 5 — Integrated pollution prevention and control — Conditions governing the granting of permits for existing installations — Obligation to ensure that such installations operate in accordance with the requirements of that directive.#Case C‑158/12.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 April 2013

Record· CJCELEX 62011CJ0260decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 11 April 2013.#The Queen, on the application of David Edwards and Lilian Pallikaropoulos v Environment Agency and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.#Environment — Aarhus Convention — Directive 85/337/EEC — Directive 2003/35/EC — Article 10a — Directive 96/61/EC — Article 15a — Access to justice in environmental matters — Meaning of ‘not prohibitively expensive’ judicial proceedings.#Case C‑260/11.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 April 2013

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