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Decision· DCELEX 32019D0063in force

Commission Decision (EU) 2019/63 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the electrical and electronic equipment manufacturing sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)Text with EEA relevance.

European Union · EUR-Lex · 19 December 2018

Record· TJCELEX 62016TJ0339decided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 13 December 2018.#Ville de Paris, Ville de Bruxelles and Ayuntamiento de Madrid v European Commission.#Environment — Regulation (EU) 2016/646 — Pollutant emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) — Setting of the not-to-exceed (NTE) values for emissions of oxides of nitrogen during the real driving emission (RDE) tests — Action for annulment — Powers of a municipal authority in the field of environmental protection to limit the circulation of certain vehicles — Direct concern — Admissibility — Lack of competence on the part of the Commission — Compliance with higher-ranking legal rules — Temporal adjustment of the effects of an annulment — Non-contractual liability — Compensation for the alleged harm to image and reputation.#Joined Cases T-339/16, T-352/16 and T-391/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 December 2018

Record· TJCELEX 62014TJ0498decided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 12 December 2018.#Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v European Commission.#Access to documents — Documents relating to correspondence between the European Commission and car manufacturers concerning refrigerant R1234yf used in motor vehicles — Documents not included — New plea put forward in the course of the proceedings — Inadmissibility — Measure of inquiry ordering the production of the contested documents in accordance with Article 104 of the Rules of Procedure — Derogation to the principle of adversarial proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests — Public interest in disclosure — Balance — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Article 6(1) — Overriding public interest justifying disclosure of the environmental information or relating to emissions into the environment — General proposition — Partial refusal to grant access — No need to adjudicate.#Case T-498/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 December 2018

Report· CCCELEX 62018CC0060decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 29 November 2018.#AS Tallinna Vesi AS v Keskkonnaamet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Waste — Directive 2008/98/EC — Re-use and recovery of waste — Specific end-of-waste criteria for sewage sludge which has undergone recovery treatment — No defined criteria at European Union or national level.#Case C-60/18.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 29 November 2018

Report· CCCELEX 62017CC0411decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 29 November 2018.#Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL and Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen ASBL v Conseil des ministres.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Espoo Convention — Aarhus Convention — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 6(3) — Definition of ‘project’ — Assessment of the effects on the site concerned — Article 6(4) — Meaning of ‘imperative reasons of overriding public interest’ — Conservation of wild birds — Directive 2009/147/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Article 1(2)(a) — Definition of ‘project’ — Article 2(1) — Article 4(1) — Environmental impact assessment — Article 2(4) — Exemption from assessment — Phasing out of nuclear energy — National legislation providing, first, for restarting industrial production of electricity for a period of almost 10 years at a nuclear power station that had previously been shut down, with the effect of deferring by 10 years the date initially set by the national legislature for deactivating and ceasing production at that power station, and second, for deferral, also by 10 years, of the date initially set by the legislature for deactivating and ceasing industrial production of electricity at an active power station — No environmental impact assessment.#Case C-411/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 29 November 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0506decided

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 November 2018.#European Commission v Republic of Slovenia.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Landfilling of waste — Directive 1999/31/EC — Article 14(b) and (c) — Operation permit — Closure of unauthorised sites — Authorisation of necessary work on the basis of the approved site-conditioning plan — Laying down transitional period for completion of the plan.#Case C-506/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 28 November 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62015CJ0626decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 November 2018.#European Commission v Council of the European Union.#Actions for annulment — Decision of the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) — Decision approving the submission of a reflection paper to an international body — Admissibility — Challengeable act — Exclusive, shared or complementary competence of the European Union — Action of the European Union alone in an international body or participation of the Member States alongside it — Conservation of marine biological resources — Fisheries — Protection of the environment — Research — Marine protected areas (MPAs) — Antarctic Treaty — Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources — Weddell Sea and Ross Sea.#Joined Cases C-626/15 and C-659/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 November 2018

Report· CCCELEX 62017CC0487decided

Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 15 November 2018.#Criminal proceedings against Alfonso Verlezza and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2008/98/EC and Decision 2000/532/EC — Waste — Classification as hazardous waste — Waste which may be assigned codes for both hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste.#Joined Cases C-487/17 to C-489/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 November 2018

Record· TJCELEX 62014TJ0793decided

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber, Extended Composition) of 15 November 2018.#Tempus Energy Ltd and Tempus Energy Technology Ltd v European Commission.#State aid — United Kingdom capacity market — Aid scheme — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Concept of doubts within the meaning of Article 4(3) or (4) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 — Decision not to raise any objections — No initiation of the formal investigation procedure — Procedural rights of interested parties.#Case T-793/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 November 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0461decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 November 2018.#Brian Holohan and Others v An Bord Pleanála.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Conservation of wild fauna and flora — Road construction project — Appropriate assessment of effects on the environment — Extent of the obligation to state reasons — Directive 2011/92/EU — Assessment of the implications of certain projects — Annex IV, Point 3 — Article 5(3)(d) — Meaning of the concept of ‘main alternatives’.#Case C-461/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 November 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0293decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 November 2018.#Coöperatie Mobilisation for the Environment UA and Vereniging Leefmilieu v College van gedeputeerde staten van Limburg and College van gedeputeerde staten van Gelderland.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Special areas of conservation — Article 6 — Appropriate assessment of the implications of a plan or project for a site — National programmatic approach to tackling nitrogen deposition — Concepts of ‘project’ and ‘appropriate assessment’ — Overall assessment prior to individual authorisations for farms which cause nitrogen deposition.#Joined Cases C-293/17 and C-294/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 November 2018

Record· TOCELEX 62017TO0560decided

Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 November 2018.#Fortischem a.s. v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.#Action for annulment — Environment — Regulation (EU) 2017/852 — Protection of human health and the environment — Prohibition on chlor-alkali production using mercury as an electrode — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Act not of individual concern — Inadmissibility.#Case T-560/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 November 2018

Record· TJCELEX 62017TJ0400decided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 24 October 2018.#Deza, a.s. v European Commission.#Environment and protection of human health — Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 — Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances — Regulation (EU) 2017/776 — Classification of anthraquinone — Substance which is a presumed human carcinogen — Manifest error of assessment — Concept of substance — Legal certainty — Right to property.#Case T-400/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 October 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62016CJ0669decided

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 October 2018.#European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Article 4(1) — Annexes II and III — Designation of special areas of conservation (SACs) — Harbour porpoise.#Case C-669/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 October 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0301decided

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 October 2018.#European Commission v Romania.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — 2005 Act of Accession — Obligations of the accession States — Environment — Directive 1999/31/EC — Article 14(b) — Operation of landfill sites — Closure of sites which have not been granted a permit to operate a landfill — Closure and after-care procedures.#Case C-301/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 October 2018

Report· CCCELEX 62017CC0082decided

Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 17 October 2018.#TestBioTech eV and Others v European Commission.#Appeal — Environment — Genetically modified products — Commission decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing genetically modified soybean MON 87701 x MON 89788 — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Article 10(1) — Request for internal review of the decision, submitted under the provisions relating to public participation in environmental decision-making — Rejection of the request.#Case C-82/17 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 October 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0167decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 October 2018.#Volkmar Klohn v An Bord Pleanála.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Right to challenge a development consent decision — Requirement for a procedure which is not prohibitively expensive — Concept — Temporal application — Direct effect — Effect on a national decision on the taxation of costs which has become final.#Case C-167/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 October 2018

Decision· DCELEX 32018D1601in force

Council Decision (EU) 2018/1601 of 15 October 2018 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the International Maritime Organization during the 73rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee and the 100th session of the Maritime Safety Committee, on the adoption of amendments to regulation 14 of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and to the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011

European Union · EUR-Lex · 15 October 2018

Record· TJCELEX 62014TJ0128decided

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 October 2018.#Daimler AG v European Commission.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the procedure initiated pursuant to Article 29 of Directive 2007/46/EC allowing a Member State to refuse to register vehicles that present a serious risk to road safety or seriously harm the environment or public health — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of inspections, investigations and audits — General presumption — Aarhus Convention — Refusal to grant access to the file — Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.#Case T-128/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 4 October 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0242decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 October 2018.#Legatoria Editoriale Giovanni Olivotto (L.E.G.O.) SpA 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 — Bioliquids used for a thermal energy plant — Directive 2009/28/EC — Article 17 — Sustainability criteria for bioliquids — Article 18 — National sustainability certification systems — Implementing Decision 2011/438/EU — Voluntary sustainability certification systems for biofuels and bioliquids approved by the European Commission — National legislation requiring intermediary operators to submit sustainability certificates — Article 34 TFEU — Free movement of goods.#Case C-242/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 4 October 2018

Proposal· PCCELEX 52018PC0624open

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee and Maritime Safety Committee on the adoption of amendments to regulation 14.1 of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and to the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011

European Union · European Commission · 13 September 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62016CJ0057decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 September 2018.#ClientEarth v European Commission.#Appeal — Access to documents of the EU institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Impact assessment report, draft impact assessment report and opinion of the Impact Assessment Board — Legislative initiatives in respect of environmental matters — Refusal to grant access — Disclosure of the documents requested in the course of the proceedings — Continuing interest in bringing proceedings — Exception relating to the protection of the ongoing decision-making process of an EU institution — General presumption.#Case C-57/16 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 4 September 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0329decided

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 August 2018.#Gerhard Prenninger and Others v Oberösterreichische Landesregierung and Netz Oberösterreich GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Annex II — Point 1(d) — Concept of ‘deforestation for the purposes of conversion to another type of land use’ — Clearance of a path in a forest in connection with the construction and operation of an overhead electrical power line.#Case C-329/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 August 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0435decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 August 2018.#Argo Kalda Mardi talu v Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tartu Halduskohus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Direct payments– Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Articles 93 and 94 — Annex II — Cross-compliance — Agricultural and environmental conditions — Minimum requirements — Implementation by a Member State — Obligation to conserve ‘burial grounds’ — Scope.#Case C-435/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 August 2018

Report· CCCELEX 62017CC0293decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 25 July 2018.#Coöperatie Mobilisation for the Environment UA and Vereniging Leefmilieu v College van gedeputeerde staten van Limburg and College van gedeputeerde staten van Gelderland.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Special areas of conservation — Article 6 — Appropriate assessment of the implications of a plan or project for a site — National programmatic approach to tackling nitrogen deposition — Concepts of ‘project’ and ‘appropriate assessment’ — Overall assessment prior to individual authorisations for farms which cause nitrogen deposition.#Joined Cases C-293/17 and C-294/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 July 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62016CJ0528decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 July 2018.#Confédération paysanne and Others v Premier ministre and Ministre de l’agriculture, de l’agroalimentaire et de la forêt.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment — Mutagenesis — Directive 2001/18/EC — Articles 2 and 3 — Annexes I A and I B — Concept of ‘genetically modified organism’ — Techniques/methods of genetic modification conventionally used and deemed to be safe — New techniques/methods of mutagenesis — Risks for human health and the environment — Discretion of the Member States when transposing the directive — Directive 2002/53/EC — Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species — Herbicide-tolerant plant varieties — Article 4 — Acceptability of genetically modified varieties obtained by mutagenesis for inclusion in the common catalogue — Human health and environmental protection requirement — Exemption.#Case C-528/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 July 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0164decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 July 2018.#Edel Grace and Peter Sweetman v An Bord Pleanala.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 92/43/EC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Article 6(3) and (4) — Assessment of the implications of a plan or project for a protected site — Plan or project not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site — Wind farm project — Directive 2009/147/EC — Conservation of wild birds — Article 4 — Special Protection Area (SPA) — Annex I — Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) — Suitable habitat fluctuating over time — Temporary or permanent reduction of the amount of appropriate land — Measures included in the project to ensure that, during the lifetime of the project, the amount of land that is in fact suitable for hosting the natural habitat of the species will not be reduced and indeed may be enhanced).#Case C-164/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 July 2018

Record· TJCELEX 62013TJ0643decided

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 July 2018.#Rogesa Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH v European Commission.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Request for access to information relating to the determination of the most efficient 10% of steel industry installations — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Overriding public interest — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Concept of information relating to emissions into the environment — Observance of time-limits.#Case T-643/13.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 July 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0015decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 July 2018.#Bosphorus Queen Shipping Ltd Corp. v Rajavartiolaitos.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Montego Bay Convention — Article 220(6) — Enforcement by the coastal State — Jurisdiction of the Court to interpret provisions of international law — Directive 2005/35/EC — Ship-source pollution — Article 7(2) — Marpol Convention 73/78 — Oil spill in the exclusive economic zone from a foreign vessel in transit — Circumstances in which a coastal State may instigate proceedings against a foreign vessel — Freedom of navigation — Protection of the marine environment — Major damage or threat of major damage to the coastline, related interests or any resources in the territorial sea or exclusive economic zone — Clear objective evidence).#Case C-15/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 July 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62016CJ0626decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 July 2018.#European Commission v Slovak Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Landfill of waste — Directive 1999/31/EC — Existing landfill sites — Article 14 — Definite decision on whether or not operations may continue — Article 13 — Closure procedures — Judgment of the Court declaring a failure to fulfil obligations — Non-compliance — Article 260(2) TFEU — Pecuniary penalties — Penalty payment and lump sum.#Case C-626/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 4 July 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62016CJ0683decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 June 2018.#Deutscher Naturschutzring – Dachverband der deutschen Natur- und Umweltschutzverbände e.V. v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Fisheries Policy — Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 — Article 11 — Conservation of marine biological resources — Protection of the environment — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Exclusive competence of the European Union.#Case C-683/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 June 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62016CJ0671decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 June 2018.#Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL and Others v Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2001/42/EC — Article 2(a) — Concept of ‘plans and programmes’ — Article 3 — Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — Regional town planning regulations relating to the European Quarter, Brussels (Belgium).#Case C-671/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 June 2018

Report· CCCELEX 62017CC0435decided

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 7 June 2018.#Argo Kalda Mardi talu v Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tartu Halduskohus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Direct payments– Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Articles 93 and 94 — Annex II — Cross-compliance — Agricultural and environmental conditions — Minimum requirements — Implementation by a Member State — Obligation to conserve ‘burial grounds’ — Scope.#Case C-435/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 June 2018

Record· CJCELEX 62017CJ0160decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 June 2018.#Raoul Thybaut and Others v Région wallonne.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2001/42/EC — Article 2(a) — Concept of ‘plans and programmes’ — Article 3 — Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — Urban land consolidation area — Possibility of derogating from town planning requirements — Modification of the ‘plans and programmes’.#Case C-160/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 June 2018

Report· CCCELEX 62017CC0167decided

Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 5 June 2018.#Volkmar Klohn v An Bord Pleanála.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Right to challenge a development consent decision — Requirement for a procedure which is not prohibitively expensive — Concept — Temporal application — Direct effect — Effect on a national decision on the taxation of costs which has become final.#Case C-167/17.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 5 June 2018

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