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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 16 : paragraph 37
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 : paragraph 37
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61 : paragraph 31
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61L1 : paragraph 84
• TFEU, Article 339 : paragraphs 39, 50, 81
• Directive 91/414 : paragraph 16
• Directive 91/414 -A07P1 : paragraph 10
• Directive 91/414 -A08P2 : paragraph 10
• Directive 91/141 -N1 : paragraphs 12, 17, 20, 22, 23
• Regulation 3600/92 : paragraphs 10, 11
• Regulation 3600/92 -N2 : paragraph 10
• Decision 94/800 : paragraph 37
• Regulation 933/94 : paragraph 11
• Directive 96/61 : paragraphs 47, 64
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT3 : paragraphs 13, 41
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT5 : paragraphs 13, 41, 57
• Directive 2001/81 -A03LE : paragraph 64
• Directive 2001/99 -A01 : paragraph 12
• Directive 2001/99 -N1A01 : paragraph 12
• Regulation 1049/2001 : paragraphs 16, 18, 35, 36, 38, 52
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A01 : paragraph 52
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04 : paragraph 53
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2 : paragraphs 4, 21, 54
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2T1 : paragraphs 20, 26, 39, 50, 81
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C4 : paragraphs 3, 52
• Directive 2004/35 -A02PT8 : paragraph 64
• Decision 2005/370 -A04 : paragraph 2
• Decision 2005/370 -A04P4L1 : paragraph 46
• Decision 2005/370 -A04P4L1LD: : paragraphs 57, 62, 67
• Regulation 1367/2006 : paragraphs 16, 21, 23, 36, 52, 60, 61, 64, 68, 69
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A01 : paragraphs 52, 61, 64
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A01P1 : paragraph 6
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A01P1LB : paragraph 72
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A02 : paragraph 80
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A02P1 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A02P1LD : paragraphs 42, 72, 81
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A02P1LDPT2 : paragraphs 65, 68
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A03 : paragraph 8
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A06P1 : paragraphs 9, 21, 26, 34, 37 - 39, 41, 44, 46, 48 - 50, 54 - 56, 60, 63, 66, 69, 71, 75, 77 - 79, 82, 85
• Regulation 1367/2006 -C2 : paragraphs 5, 80
• Regulation 1367/2006 -C15 : paragraphs 5, 53
• Directive 2010/75 : paragraph 41
• Directive 2010/75 -A01 : paragraphs 14, 64
• Directive 2010/75 -A03PT3 : paragraph 15
• Directive 2010/75 -A03PT4 : paragraphs 15, 57
• Directive 2010/77 : paragraph 12
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07 -N69 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07 -N73 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11 -N28 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11 -N30 : paragraph 53
• General Court - Judgment T -545/11 : paragraph 1
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/12 -N38 : paragraph 59

Operative part

• Annuls : General Court - Judgment T -545/11

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255 : point 7
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61 : point 25
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61L1 : point 71
  
• Directive 91/414 : points 10, 12, 13, 20, 59
  
• Directive 91/414 -A14 : points 11, 58
  
• Decision 94/800 : point 6
  
• Directive 96/61 : points 46 - 47
  
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT5 : point 44
  
• Directive 2001/99 : point 12
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 : points 7, 9, 31, 63
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2 : points 8, 68
  
• Directive 2003/4 : points 11, 17
  
• Directive 2003/4 -A02PT1LA : point 39
  
• Directive 2003/4 -A04PT2L4 : point 30
  
• Directive 2004/35 -A02PT8 : point 46
  
• Decision 2005/370 : points 4, 44, 47, 48
  
• Decision 2005/370 -A04P4 : point 31
  
• Decision 2005/370 -A04P4LD : points 5, 48
  
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A06P1 : points 9, 24, 30, 68
  
• Regulation 1367/2006 -A06P1L1 : point 29
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 : points 13, 32
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A63P2 : points 16, 62, 68
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A63P2LB : point 60
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A63P2LC : point 60
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A63P2LF : point 60
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A63P3 : points 17, 63
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A80 : point 18
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A80P5 : point 61
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -A84P1 : points 19, 61
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -C39 : point 14
  
• Regulation 1107/2009 -C41 : point 15
  
• Directive 2010/75 : points 46, 48
  
• Directive 2010/75 -A03PT4 : point 44
  
• Directive 2010/75 -C27 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A169P2 : point 33
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/03 -N82 : point 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/03 -N83 : point 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -450/06 -N49 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/07 -N61 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07 -N94 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -266/09 : points 30, 32, 35, 48, 53, 58
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -524/09 : points 35, 37, 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/09 -N36 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -182/10 -N27 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -416/10 -N113 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -416/10 -N114 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -416/10 -N115 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -477/10 -N64 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -553/10 -N123 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -581/10 -N81 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/11 -N43 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -1/11 -N44 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/11 -N49 : point 55
  
• General Court - Judgment T -545/11 : points 23, 76
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 17/12/2013

Date of the Opinion

• 07/04/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

23/11/2016

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 30 from 30.01.2017, p.2

Application: OJ C 71 from 08.03.2014, p.10

Name of the parties

Commission v Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and PAN Europe

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Furiosi, Emanuela: Accesso alle informazioni ambientali, Rivista italiana di diritto pubblico comunitario 2016 p.1645-1647 (IT)
2. Peeters, M.: Milieu en recht 2017 p.171-172 (NL)
3. Jamay, Florence: Un accès à l'information élargi concernant les effets des pesticides sur l'environnement et la santé : vers une définition plus stricte du secret industriel et commercial, Revue Énergie-Environnement-Infrastructures 2017 nº 4 p.42-46 (FR)
4. Van Aardenne, Pauline ; Bäcker, Remco ; Vegt, Arthur: To Disclose or Not to Disclose, That's still the Question, Milieu en recht 2017 p.292-297 (NL)
5. Wagner, Christian: Ringen um Umweltinformationen – EuGH-Urteile zu grundlegenden Fragen der Århus-Bestimmungen, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2017 p.95-98 (DE)
6. Buonsante, Vito A ; Friel, Anne: What is Information Relating to Emissions into the Environment?, European Journal of Risk Regulation 2017 nº 2 p. 453-460 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Agriculture and Fisheries
  
• - Plant health legislation
  
• Provisions governing the institutions
  
• - Access to documents
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Tizzano

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German