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Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0086_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Papier Mettler Italia S.r.l. v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica and Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Environment – Directive 94/62/EC – Packaging and packaging waste – Directive 98/34/EC – Information procedure in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services – Obligation on the Member States to notify the European Commission of any draft technical regulation – National legislation containing stricter technical rules than those laid down by EU legislation.#Case C-86/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0086decided

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Papier Mettler Italia S.r.l. v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica and Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Environment – Directive 94/62/EC – Packaging and packaging waste – Directive 98/34/EC – Information procedure in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services – Obligation on the Member States to notify the European Commission of any draft technical regulation – National legislation containing stricter technical rules than those laid down by EU legislation.#Case C-86/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0109_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 December 2023.#European Commission v Romania.#Environment – Directive 1999/31/EC – Landfill of waste – Obligation to close landfill sites which have not been granted the required permit – Closure procedures – Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Non-compliance – Article 260(2) TFEU – Pecuniary penalties – Penalty payments – Lump sum.#Case C-109/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 December 2023

Report· CCCELEX 62022CC0626decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 14 December 2023.#C. Z. and Others v Ilva SpA in Amministrazione Straordinaria and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Article 191 TFEU – Industrial emissions – Directive 2010/75/EU – Integrated pollution prevention and control – Articles 1, 3, 8, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21 and 23 – Articles 35 and 37 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Procedures for the grant and reconsideration of a permit to operate an installation – Measures for the protection of the environment and human health – Right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.#Case C-626/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0109decided

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 December 2023.#European Commission v Romania.#Environment – Directive 1999/31/EC – Landfill of waste – Obligation to close landfill sites which have not been granted the required permit – Closure procedures – Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Non-compliance – Article 260(2) TFEU – Pecuniary penalties – Penalty payments – Lump sum.#Case C-109/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0587_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 December 2023.#European Commission v Hungary.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 91/271/EEC – Treatment of urban waste water – Article 3 – Collecting systems – Individual systems – Article 4 – Secondary or equivalent treatment – Article 5 – Sensitive areas – Article 15 – Monitoring of discharges.#Case C-587/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0434_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 December 2023.#AS 'Latvijas valsts meži' v Dabas aizsardzības pārvalde and Vides pārraudzības valsts birojs.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 92/43/EEC – Article 6(3) – Concept of ‘plan or project’ on a protected site – Intervention in a forest to protect it from fire – Need to carry out a prior assessment of the implications of that intervention for the site concerned.#Case C-434/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0587decided

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 December 2023.#European Commission v Hungary.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 91/271/EEC – Treatment of urban waste water – Article 3 – Collecting systems – Individual systems – Article 4 – Secondary or equivalent treatment – Article 5 – Sensitive areas – Article 15 – Monitoring of discharges.#Case C-587/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0434decided

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 December 2023.#AS 'Latvijas valsts meži' v Dabas aizsardzības pārvalde and Vides pārraudzības valsts birojs.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 92/43/EEC – Article 6(3) – Concept of ‘plan or project’ on a protected site – Intervention in a forest to protect it from fire – Need to carry out a prior assessment of the implications of that intervention for the site concerned.#Case C-434/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 December 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0084_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 November 2023.#Right to Know CLG v An Taoiseach.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Directive 2003/4/EC – Public access to environmental information – Refusal of a request for information – Records of government meetings – Discussions relating to greenhouse gas emissions – Article 4(1) and (2) – Exceptions to the right of access to information – Concepts of ‘internal communications’ and ‘proceedings of public authorities’ – Judicial review – Quashing of the decision refusing access – Applicable exception identified in the judgment – Res judicata.#Case C-84/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 November 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0084decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 November 2023.#Right to Know CLG v An Taoiseach.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Directive 2003/4/EC – Public access to environmental information – Refusal of a request for information – Records of government meetings – Discussions relating to greenhouse gas emissions – Article 4(1) and (2) – Exceptions to the right of access to information – Concepts of ‘internal communications’ and ‘proceedings of public authorities’ – Judicial review – Quashing of the decision refusing access – Applicable exception identified in the judgment – Res judicata.#Case C-84/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 November 2023

Report· CCCELEX 62022CC0671decided

Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 16 November 2023.#T GmbH v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Spittal an der Drau.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – EU action in the field of water policy – Directive 2000/60/EC – Environmental objectives relating to surface water – Prevention of deterioration of the status of all bodies of surface water – Point 1.2.2 of Annex V – Definitions for ‘high’, ‘good’ and ‘moderate’ ecological status in lakes – Criteria for assessing the biological quality element ‘fish fauna’.#Case C-671/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 November 2023

Report· CCCELEX 62020CC0541decided

Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered on 14 November 2023.#Republic of Lithuania and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.#Action for annulment – First package of mobility measures (‘Mobility Package’) – Regulation (EU) 2020/1054 – Maximum daily and weekly driving times – Minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods – Organisation of the work of the drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to return every three or four weeks, depending on the case, to their place of residence or to the operational centre of their employer to begin and spend their regular or compensatory weekly rest period – Prohibition on taking regular or compensatory weekly rest in the vehicle – Time limit for the installation of second generation (V2) smart tachographs – Date of entry into force – Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 – Conditions relating to the requirement of establishment – Obligation to return the vehicle to the operational centre in the Member State of establishment – Obligation concerning the number of vehicles and drivers normally based at the operational centre of the Member State of establishment – Cabotage – Cooling-off period of four days for cabotage – Derogation for cabotage as part of combined transport operations – Directive (EU) 2020/1057 – Specific rules for posting drivers in the road transport sector – Transposition period – Internal market – Specific regime applicable to the freedom to provide transport services – Common transport policy – Articles 91 and 94 TFEU – Fundamental freedoms – Principle of proportionality – Impact assessment – Principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination – Principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations – Protection of the environment – Article 11 TFEU – Consultation of the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions.#Joined Cases C-541/20 to C-555/20.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 November 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0293_INFdecided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 November 2023.#Chemours Netherlands BV v European Chemicals Agency.#Appeal – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) – Article 57(f) – Substances of very high concern – Identification – Conditions – Serious effects on health or the environment – Equivalent level of concern – 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propionic acid, its salts and its acyl halides – Identification as a substance fulfilling the criteria for inclusion in Annex XIV to that regulation.#Case C-293/22 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 9 November 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0293decided

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 November 2023.#Chemours Netherlands BV v European Chemicals Agency.#Appeal – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) – Article 57(f) – Substances of very high concern – Identification – Conditions – Serious effects on health or the environment – Equivalent level of concern – 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propionic acid, its salts and its acyl halides – Identification as a substance fulfilling the criteria for inclusion in Annex XIV to that regulation.#Case C-293/22 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 9 November 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0605_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 October 2023.#TestBioTech eV v European Commission.#Environment – Genetically modified products – Genetically modified maize containing, consisting of or produced from MON 87427 × MON 87460 × MON 89034 × MIR162 × NK603 and its subcombinations – Rejection of an application for internal review of an authorisation for placing on the market – Manifest error of assessment – Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Articles 4 to 6 and 16 to 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 – Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013.#Case T-605/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 October 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0606_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 October 2023.#TestBioTech eV v European Commission.#Environment – Genetically modified products – Genetically modified soybean containing, consisting of or produced from MON 87751 × MON 87701 × MON 87708 × MON 89788 and its subcombinations – Rejection of an application for internal review of an authorisation for placing on the market – Manifest error of assessment – Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Articles 4 to 6 and 16 to 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 – Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013.#Case T-606/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 October 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0605decided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 October 2023.#TestBioTech eV v European Commission.#Environment – Genetically modified products – Genetically modified maize containing, consisting of or produced from MON 87427 × MON 87460 × MON 89034 × MIR162 × NK603 and its subcombinations – Rejection of an application for internal review of an authorisation for placing on the market – Manifest error of assessment – Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Articles 4 to 6 and 16 to 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 – Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013.#Case T-605/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 October 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0606decided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 October 2023.#TestBioTech eV v European Commission.#Environment – Genetically modified products – Genetically modified soybean containing, consisting of or produced from MON 87751 × MON 87701 × MON 87708 × MON 89788 and its subcombinations – Rejection of an application for internal review of an authorisation for placing on the market – Manifest error of assessment – Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Articles 4 to 6 and 16 to 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 – Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013.#Case T-606/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 October 2023

Proposal· PCCELEX 52023PC0586open

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the 'Barcelona Convention') as regards the adoption of a Regional Plan on Agriculture Management, a Regional Plan on Aquaculture Management, a Regional Plan on Urban Stormwater Management, in the framework of Article 15 of the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources, and as regards the adoption of amendments to Annexes II and III to the Protocol concerning Special Protected Areas and Biological Diversity

European Union · European Commission · 16 October 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0011_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 October 2023.#Est Wind Power OÜ v AS Elering.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Aid granted by Member States – Renewable energy subsidy – Construction of a wind farm – Communication from the Commission entitled ‘Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020’ – Paragraph 19(44) and footnote 66 – Concepts of ‘start of works’, ‘construction works on the investment’, ‘other commitment that makes the investment irreversible’ and ‘necessary state authorisation for constructing the project’ – Type and intensity of the scrutiny that must be conducted by the competent national authority.#Case C-11/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 October 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0011decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 October 2023.#Est Wind Power OÜ v AS Elering.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Halduskohus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Aid granted by Member States – Renewable energy subsidy – Construction of a wind farm – Communication from the Commission entitled ‘Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020’ – Paragraph 19(44) and footnote 66 – Concepts of ‘start of works’, ‘construction works on the investment’, ‘other commitment that makes the investment irreversible’ and ‘necessary state authorisation for constructing the project’ – Type and intensity of the scrutiny that must be conducted by the competent national authority.#Case C-11/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 October 2023

Report· CCCELEX 62022CC0301decided

Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 21 September 2023.#Peter Sweetman v An Bord Pleanála and Ireland and the Attorney General.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2000/60/EC – Framework for EU action in the field of water policy – Article 4(1)(a) – Environmental objectives relating to surface water – Obligation of the Member States not to authorise a project which may cause a deterioration of the status of a surface water body – Article 5 and Annex II – Characterisation of surface water body types – Article 8 and Annex V – Classification of surface water status – Article 11 – Programme of measures – Project for the abstraction of water from a lake with a surface area below 0.5 km².#Case C-301/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 September 2023

Record· CJCELEX 62022CJ0116decided

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 September 2023.#European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 4(4) and Article 6(1) – Failure to designate special areas of conservation – Failure to determine conservation objectives – Absence or insufficiency of conservation measures – Administrative practice.#Case C-116/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 September 2023

Report· CCCELEX 62022CC0234decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 14 September 2023.#Roheline Kogukond MTÜ and Others v Keskkonnaagentuur.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Halduskohus.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Directive 2003/4/EC – Right of access to environmental information – Exceptions – Data relating to the location of permanent sample plots used to draw up a forest inventory.#Case C-234/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 September 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0269_RESdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 July 2023.#Arctic Paper Grycksbo AB v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – National implementing measures – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances – Decision to exclude an installation exclusively using biomass – Duty of diligence – Right to be heard – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legitimate expectations – Plea of illegality – Paragraph 1 of Annex I to Directive 2003/87.#Case T-269/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 July 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0244decided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 July 2023.#Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – System for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances – Installations producing a product which is not covered by a product benchmark – No direct substitutability between the products – Rejection of data relating to the free allocation of allowances concerning those installations – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest errors of assessment – Equal treatment – Duty of diligence – International obligations and commitments of the European Union – Plea of illegality.#Case T-244/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 July 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0269decided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 July 2023.#Arctic Paper Grycksbo AB v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – National implementing measures – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances – Decision to exclude an installation exclusively using biomass – Duty of diligence – Right to be heard – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legitimate expectations – Plea of illegality – Paragraph 1 of Annex I to Directive 2003/87.#Case T-269/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 July 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0244_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 July 2023.#Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – System for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances – Installations producing a product which is not covered by a product benchmark – No direct substitutability between the products – Rejection of data relating to the free allocation of allowances concerning those installations – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest errors of assessment – Equal treatment – Duty of diligence – International obligations and commitments of the European Union – Plea of illegality.#Case T-244/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 July 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0215_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 July 2023.#SMA Mineral AB v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – System for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances – Installation using an intermediate product covered by a product benchmark – Rejection of data relating to the free allocation of allowances concerning that installation – Manifest errors of assessment.#Case T-215/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 July 2023

Record· TJCELEX 62021TJ0215decided

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 July 2023.#SMA Mineral AB v European Commission.#Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – System for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances – Installation using an intermediate product covered by a product benchmark – Rejection of data relating to the free allocation of allowances concerning that installation – Manifest errors of assessment.#Case T-215/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 July 2023

Record· TOCELEX 62023TO0222(01)_INFdecided

Order of the President of the General Court of 21 July 2023.#Arysta Lifescience v European Food Safety Authority.#Interim relief – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents related to the procedure for renewing the approval of an active substance – Documents originating from a third party – Decision to grant a third party access to the documents – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Concept of ‘information relating to emissions into the environment’ – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Prima facie case – Urgency – Balancing of competing interests.#Case T-222/23 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 July 2023

Record· TOCELEX 62023TO0222(01)decided

Order of the President of the General Court of 21 July 2023.#Arysta Lifescience v European Food Safety Authority.#Interim relief – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents related to the procedure for renewing the approval of an active substance – Documents originating from a third party – Decision to grant a third party access to the documents – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Concept of ‘information relating to emissions into the environment’ – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Prima facie case – Urgency – Balancing of competing interests.#Case T-222/23 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 July 2023

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