Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017

Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftsschutz Umweltorganisation v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmünd

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU action in the field of water policy — Article 4(1) and Article 14(1) — Obligations to prevent deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water and encourage the active involvement of all interested parties in the implementation of the directive — Aarhus Convention — Public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters — Article 6 and Article 9(3) and (4) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection — Project that is likely to have an impact on water status — Administrative procedure for a permit — Environmental organisation — Application seeking to secure status as a party to the administrative procedure — Possibility of relying on rights deriving from Directive 2000/60/EC — Extinction of the status of party to the procedure and of the right to bring an action if those rights are not exercised within good time during the administrative procedure

Case C-664/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
09/02/2018 Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftschutz Umweltorganisation
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:987		 20/12/2017 Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftschutz Umweltorganisation
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:987		 20/12/2017 Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftschutz Umweltorganisation
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
11/03/2016 Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftschutz Umweltorganisation
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:760		 12/10/2017 Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftschutz Umweltorganisation
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 14/12/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 12/10/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

20/12/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 72 from 26.02.2018, p.4

Application: OJ C 111 from 29.03.2016, p.4

Name of the parties

Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftschutz Umweltorganisation

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Sobotta, Christoph: Umweltrecht: Klagerecht von Umweltverbänden gegen Verschlechterung des Zustands von Wasserkörpern, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 p.165-166 (DE)
  2. Klinger, Remo: Klagerecht von Umweltverbänden gegen Verschlechterung des Zustands von Wasserkörpern, NVWZ-Rechtsprechungs-Report Verwaltungsrecht 2018 p.231-232 (DE)
  3. Sobotta, Christoph: New Cases on Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention, Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 2018 Vol.15 N°2 p.241-258 (EN)
  4. Kittl, Eva-Maria: Neues zur Beschwerdelegitimation und zur Präklusion, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 N°4 p.180-193 (DE)
  5. Roset, Sébastien: Environnement - Accès à la justice, Europe 2018, Février n° 2, Comm. 87 (FR)
  6. Römling, Dominik: Zum Verhältnis von Art.47 Grundrechtecharta und Art.9 Aarhus-Konvention in der jüngeren Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs, Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien - ZEuS 2019 N°01 p.147-170 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria

Subject-matter

  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Prechal

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English