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Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0061_RESdecided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#JP v Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directives 80/779/EEC, 85/203/EEC, 96/62/EC, 1999/30/EC and 2008/50/EC – Air quality – Limit values for microparticles (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – Exceeded – Air quality plans – Damage caused to an individual on account of deterioration of the air resulting from the exceedance of those limit values – Liability of the Member State concerned – Conditions for establishing that liability – Requirement that the rule of EU law infringed be intended to confer rights on the individuals who have been harmed – No such intention.#Case C-61/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 22 December 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0061decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#JP v Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directives 80/779/EEC, 85/203/EEC, 96/62/EC, 1999/30/EC and 2008/50/EC – Air quality – Limit values for microparticles (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – Exceeded – Air quality plans – Damage caused to an individual on account of deterioration of the air resulting from the exceedance of those limit values – Liability of the Member State concerned – Conditions for establishing that liability – Requirement that the rule of EU law infringed be intended to confer rights on the individuals who have been harmed – No such intention.#Case C-61/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 22 December 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62020TJ0626_RESdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) of 21 December 2022.#Landwärme GmbH v European Commission.#State aid – Biogas market – Tax exemptions compensating for additional production costs – Decisions not to raise objections – Action for annulment – Interest in bringing proceedings – Admissibility – Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure – Serious difficulties – Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU – Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 – Cumulation of aid – Aid granted by several Member States – Imported biogas – Principle of non-discrimination – Article 110 TFEU.#Case T-626/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 December 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62020TJ0626decided

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) of 21 December 2022.#Landwärme GmbH v European Commission.#State aid – Biogas market – Tax exemptions compensating for additional production costs – Decisions not to raise objections – Action for annulment – Interest in bringing proceedings – Admissibility – Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure – Serious difficulties – Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU – Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 – Cumulation of aid – Aid granted by several Member States – Imported biogas – Principle of non-discrimination – Article 110 TFEU.#Case T-626/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 December 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62020CJ0470_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2022.#AS Veejaam and OÜ Espo v AS Elering.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Renewable energy subsidy – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 – Incentive effect of aid applied for after work has started on the project concerned – Article 108(3) TFEU – Obligation to notify – Consequences of breach of the obligation to notify.#Case C-470/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 December 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62020CJ0470decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2022.#AS Veejaam and OÜ Espo v AS Elering.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Renewable energy subsidy – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 – Incentive effect of aid applied for after work has started on the project concerned – Article 108(3) TFEU – Obligation to notify – Consequences of breach of the obligation to notify.#Case C-470/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 December 2022

Report· CCCELEX 62021CC0223decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 15 December 2022.#European Investment Bank and European Commission v ClientEarth.#Appeal – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Article 2(1)(f) – Concept of ‘environmental law’ – Article 2(1)(g) – Concept of ‘administrative act’ – Article 10(1) – Internal review of administrative acts – Resolution of the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approving the financing of a biomass power generation plant – Rejection of the request for internal review of that resolution as inadmissible – Independence of the EIB in the sphere of its financial operations – Article 271(c) TFEU – Scope.#Joined Cases C-212/21 P and C-223/21 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 December 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62018TJ0101_RESdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 30 November 2022 (Extracts).#Republic of Austria v European Commission.#State aid – Nuclear industry – Aid planned by Hungary for the development of two new nuclear reactors at the Paks site – Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market subject to compliance with certain commitments – Article 107(3)(c) TFEU – Compliance of the aid with EU law other than State aid law – Inextricable link – Promotion of nuclear energy – First paragraph of Article 192 of the Euratom Treaty – Principle of protection of the environment, ‘polluter pays’ principle, precautionary principle and principle of sustainability – Determination of the economic activity concerned – Market failure – Distortion of competition – Proportionality of the aid – Need for State intervention – Determination of the aid elements – Public procurement procedure – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-101/18.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 30 November 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62018TJ0101decided

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 30 November 2022 (Extracts).#Republic of Austria v European Commission.#State aid – Nuclear industry – Aid planned by Hungary for the development of two new nuclear reactors at the Paks site – Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market subject to compliance with certain commitments – Article 107(3)(c) TFEU – Compliance of the aid with EU law other than State aid law – Inextricable link – Promotion of nuclear energy – First paragraph of Article 192 of the Euratom Treaty – Principle of protection of the environment, ‘polluter pays’ principle, precautionary principle and principle of sustainability – Determination of the economic activity concerned – Market failure – Distortion of competition – Proportionality of the aid – Need for State intervention – Determination of the aid elements – Public procurement procedure – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-101/18.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 30 November 2022

Report· CCCELEX 62021CC0575decided

Opinion of Advocate General Collins delivered on 24 November 2022.#WertInvest Hotelbetriebs GmbH v Magistrat der Stadt Wien.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wien.#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 – Examination on the basis of thresholds or criteria – Article 4(3) – Relevant selection criteria set in Annex III – Article 11 – Access to justice.#Case C-575/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 November 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62020TJ0279_RESdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 23 November 2022.#CWS Powder Coatings GmbH and Others v European Commission.#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 studies – Substance that has the intrinsic property to cause cancer – Calculation of lung overload in particles – Manifest errors of assessment.#Cases T-279/20 and T-288/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 November 2022

Report· CCCELEX 62021CC0580decided

Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 17 November 2022.#EEW Energy from Waste Großräschen GmbH v MNG Mitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2009/28/EC – Promotion of energy from renewable energy sources – Article 16(2)(c) – Access to transmission and distribution grids – Priority access of electricity produced from renewable energy sources – Production from both renewable and conventional energy sources.#Case C-580/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 November 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0238decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2022.#Porr Bau GmbH v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Graz-Umgebung.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Waste – Directive 2008/98/EC – Point 1 of Article 3 – Article 5(1) – Article 6(1) – Excavated materials – Concepts of ‘waste’ and of ‘by-product’ – Cessation of waste status.#Case C-238/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 November 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0278_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#Dansk Akvakultur v Miljø- og Fødevareklagenævnet.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 6(3) – Assessment of a project likely to affect a protected site – Obligation to conduct an assessment – Continuation of the economic activity of an operation already authorised at the planning stage, under unchanged conditions, where authorisation has been granted following an incomplete assessment.#Case C-278/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 10 November 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0278decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#Dansk Akvakultur v Miljø- og Fødevareklagenævnet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 6(3) – Assessment of a project likely to affect a protected site – Obligation to conduct an assessment – Continuation of the economic activity of an operation already authorised at the planning stage, under unchanged conditions, where authorisation has been granted following an incomplete assessment.#Case C-278/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 10 November 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62019CJ0873_RESdecided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022.#Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Access to justice – Article 9(3) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 47, first paragraph – Right to effective judicial protection – Environmental association – Standing of such an association to bring an action before a national court against EC type-approval granted to certain vehicles – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Article 5(2)(a) – Motor vehicles – Diesel engine – Pollutant emissions – Valve for exhaust gas recirculation (EGR valve) – Reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ – Defeat device – Authorisation of such a device where the need is justified in terms of protecting the engine against damage or accident and for safe operation of the vehicle – State of the art.#Case C-873/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 November 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62019CJ0873decided

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022.#Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Access to justice – Article 9(3) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 47, first paragraph – Right to effective judicial protection – Environmental association – Standing of such an association to bring an action before a national court against EC type-approval granted to certain vehicles – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Article 5(2)(a) – Motor vehicles – Diesel engine – Pollutant emissions – Valve for exhaust gas recirculation (EGR valve) – Reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ – Defeat device – Authorisation of such a device where the need is justified in terms of protecting the engine against damage or accident and for safe operation of the vehicle – State of the art.#Case C-873/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 November 2022

Report· CCCELEX 62021CC0688decided

Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 27 October 2022.#Confédération paysanne and Others v Premier ministre and Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms – Directive 2001/18/EC – Article 3(1) – Point 1 of Annex I B – Scope – Exemptions – Techniques/methods of genetic modification which have conventionally been used and have a long safety record – In vitro random mutagenesis.#Case C-688/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 October 2022

Decision· DCELEX 32022D2078in force

Council Decision (EU) 2022/2078 of 24 October 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee during its 106th session and within the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee during its 79th session as regards the amendment of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), of the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (the ‘2011 ESP Code’) and of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)

European Union · EUR-Lex · 24 October 2022

Report· CCCELEX 62021CC0375decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 22 September 2022.#Sdruzhenie 'Za Zemyata – dostap do pravosadie' and Others v Izpalnitelen director na Izpalnitelna agentsia po okolna sreda and 'TETS Maritsa iztok 2' EAD.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Ambient air quality – Directive 2008/50/EC – Articles 13 and 23 – Limit values for the protection of human health – Exceedance – Air quality plan – Directive 2010/75/EU – Integrated pollution prevention and control – Update of a permit to operate a power plant – Emission limit values – Article 15(4) – Application for a derogation setting less strict emission limit values – Significant pollution – Article 18 – Compliance with environmental quality standards – Obligations of the competent authority.#Case C-375/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 22 September 2022

Record· COCELEX 62021CO0749decided

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 September 2022.#Coordination nationale médicale santé - environnement (CNMSE) and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.#Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Regulation (EU) 2020/1043 – Aarhus Convention – Point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 2(2) and second subparagraph of Article 2(2) – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Article 2(1)(c) – Action for annulment – Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU – Associations concerned with the protection of human health and the environment – Lack of locus standi – Person not individually concerned – Application inadmissible – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.#Case C-749/21 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2022

Record· COCELEX 62021CO0749_INFdecided

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 September 2022.#Coordination nationale médicale santé - environnement (CNMSE) and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.#Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Regulation (EU) 2020/1043 – Aarhus Convention – Point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 2(2) and second subparagraph of Article 2(2) – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Article 2(1)(c) – Action for annulment – Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU – Associations concerned with the protection of human health and the environment – Lack of locus standi – Person not individually concerned – Application inadmissible – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.#Case C-749/21 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2022

Report· CCCELEX 62021CC0343decided

Opinion of Advocate General Medina delivered on 15 September 2022.#PV v Zamestnik izpalnitelen direktor na Darzhaven fond 'Zemedelie'.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common agricultural policy – Support measures for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development – Agri-environmental payments – Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 – Inability of the beneficiaries to continue to comply with the commitments given – Concepts of ‘reparcelling’ and ‘land-consolidation measures’ – Absence of measures necessary to adapt the obligations of the beneficiary to the new situation of the holding – Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 – Concept of ‘force majeure and exceptional circumstances’.#Case C-343/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2022

Report· CCCELEX 62021CC0162decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 8 September 2022.#Pesticide Action Network Europe ASBL and Others v État belge.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Article 53(1) – Emergency situations in plant protection – Derogation – Scope – Seeds treated with plant protection products – Neonicotinoids – Active substances posing high risks to bees – Prohibition of the placing on the market and outside use of seeds treated with plant protection products containing those active substances – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/784 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/785 – Non-applicability of the derogation – Protection of human and animal health and the environment – Precautionary principle.#Case C-162/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 September 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62019TJ0793decided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Tirreno Power SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-793/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0123decided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Stowarzyszenie chłodnictwa klimatyzacji i pomp ciepła v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 – Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Placement on the market – Release for free circulation – Electronic registry for quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Decision to register – Authorisation to use a quota.#Case T-123/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62019TJ0793_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Tirreno Power SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-793/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62019TJ0794_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Set SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-794/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0123_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Stowarzyszenie chłodnictwa klimatyzacji i pomp ciepła v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 – Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Placement on the market – Release for free circulation – Electronic registry for quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Decision to register – Authorisation to use a quota.#Case T-123/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Record· TJCELEX 62019TJ0794decided

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Set SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-794/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Proposal· PCCELEX 52022PC0439open

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the International Maritime Organization during the 106th session of the Maritime Safety Committee and the 79th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee on the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code) and to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (‘MARPOL’) Annex VI

European Union · European Commission · 6 September 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0024_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 July 2022.#PH v Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia and Direzione centrale risorse agroalimentari, forestali e ittiche - Servizio foreste e corpo forestale della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Genetically modified food and feed – Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 – Deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms – Directive 2001/18/EC – Article 26a – Possibility for Member States to take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of genetically modified organisms in other products – Conditions of application – Principle of proportionality – Guidelines for the development of national coexistence measures to avoid the unintended presence of genetically modified organisms in conventional and organic crops – Measure adopted by an infra-State body prohibiting on its territory the cultivation of genetically modified maize.#Case C-24/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 July 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0024decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 July 2022.#PH v Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia and Direzione centrale risorse agroalimentari, forestali e ittiche - Servizio foreste e corpo forestale della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Pordenone.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Genetically modified food and feed – Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 – Deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms – Directive 2001/18/EC – Article 26a – Possibility for Member States to take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of genetically modified organisms in other products – Conditions of application – Principle of proportionality – Guidelines for the development of national coexistence measures to avoid the unintended presence of genetically modified organisms in conventional and organic crops – Measure adopted by an infra-State body prohibiting on its territory the cultivation of genetically modified maize.#Case C-24/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 July 2022

Record· CJCELEX 62021CJ0065_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 June 2022.#SGL Carbon SE and Others v European Commission.#Appeals – Environment – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures – Regulation (EU) No 944/2013 – Classification of pitch, coal tar, high-temp as an Aquatic Acute 1 (H400) toxic substance and as an Aquatic Chronic 1 (H410) toxic substance – Annulment – Actions for damages.#Joined Cases C-65/21 P and C-73/21 P to C-75/21 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 June 2022

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