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Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 October 2017

Vereniging Hoekschewaards Landschap v Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken

Request 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 — Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/72 — List of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region — Reduction of the size of a site — Scientific error — Validity

Case C-281/16

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

24/11/2017

Vereniging Hoekschewaards Landschap

Environment

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:774

19/10/2017

Vereniging Hoekschewaards Landschap

Environment

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:774

19/10/2017

Vereniging Hoekschewaards Landschap

Environment

Application (OJ)

15/07/2016

Vereniging Hoekschewaards Landschap

Environment

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:476

15/06/2017

Vereniging Hoekschewaards Landschap

Environment

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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

Directive 79/409 : paragraph 29
Directive 92/43 : paragraph 36
Directive 92/43 -A01 : paragraph 3
Directive 92/43 -A01LE : paragraph 32
Directive 92/43 -A01LI : paragraph 32
Directive 92/43 -A02 : paragraph 4
Directive 92/43 -A02P1 : paragraph 32
Directive 92/43 -A03P1L1 : paragraphs 5, 32
Directive 92/43 -A04 : paragraph 6
Directive 92/43 -A04P1 : paragraphs 30, 33, 35
Directive 92/43 -A04P1L1 : paragraph 37
Directive 92/43 -A04P4 : paragraph 15
Directive 92/43 -A09 : paragraphs 7, 26
Directive 92/43 -A11 : paragraph 8
Directive 92/43 -N3 : paragraphs 9, 33
Decision 2004/813 : paragraphs 14, 15, 27
Decision 2015/72 : paragraphs 1, 20, 21, 24, 27, 40, 41
Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/98 -N55 : paragraph 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -371/98 -N22 : paragraph 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -371/98 -N23 : paragraph 32
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N26 : paragraph 30
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N27 : paragraph 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N28 : paragraph 34

Operative part

Nullifies : Decision 2015/72

Opinion

TFEU, Article 296 : point 3
TFEU, Article 296 -L2 : point 47
Directive 92/43 : point 1
Directive 92/43 -A01LE : points 27, 56, 59
Directive 92/43 -A01LI : points 27, 56, 59
Directive 92/43 -A02 : point 59
Directive 92/43 -A02P1 : point 27
Directive 92/43 -A02P2 : points 4, 54
Directive 92/43 -A03P1 : points 5, 54
Directive 92/43 -A03P1L1 : point 27
Directive 92/43 -A03P2 : point 6
Directive 92/43 -A04 : points 7, 72, 73
Directive 92/43 -A04P1 : points 25, 26, 53
Directive 92/43 -A04P2 : point 25
Directive 92/43 -A04P4 : point 53
Directive 92/43 -A06P2 : points 61, 70
Decision 2004/813 : point 8
Decision 2015/72 : points 10, 21, 23, 42, 43, 45, 46, 49, 73
Decision 2015/72 -C4 : point 11
Decision 2015/72 -C6 : point 12
Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/98 -N52 : point 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/98 -N53 : point 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/98 -N54 : points 30, 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -96/98 -N55 : point 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -371/98 -N22 : point 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -371/98 -N23 : points 27, 60, 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -371/98 -N24 : point 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -374/98 -N54 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/99 -N33 : point 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/99 -N34 : point 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/99 -N35 : point 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/99 -N26 : point 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/99 -N27 : point 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/99 -N28 : point 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -220/99 -N30 : point 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -220/99 -N31 : point 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -220/99 -N32 : point 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -304/01 -N23 : point 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/02 -N66 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/02 -N69 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/04 -N34 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -326/05 -N75 : point 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -326/05 -N76 : point 67
Court of Justice - Judgment C -326/05 -N77 : point 67
Court of Justice - Judgment C -158/06 -N25 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -345/06 -N44 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -405/07 -N55 : point 67
Court of Justice - Judgment C -405/07 -N56 : point 67
Court of Justice - Judgment C -77/09 -N82 : point 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -534/10 -N50 : point 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -63/12 -N98 : point 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -63/12 -N99 : point 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N26 : point 24
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N27 : points 26, 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N30 : point 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N32 : point 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N33 : point 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/12 -N34 : point 51
Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/14 -N68 : point 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/14 -N70 : point 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/14 -N71 : point 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -360/14 -N37 : point 67
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 -N45 : point 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -243/15 : point 44

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

20/05/2016

Date of the Opinion

15/06/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/10/2017

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 424 from 11.12.2017, p.7

Application: OJ C 279 from 01.08.2016, p.19

Name of the parties

Vereniging Hoekschewaards Landschap

Notes on Academic Writings

Roset, Sébastien: Directive Habitats, Europe 2017 décembre nº 12 p.41-42 (FR)
Kaajan, Marieke: Randvoorwaarden voor verkleining van een reeds aangewezen Natura 2000-gebied, Milieu en recht 2018 p.52-54 (NL)
Born, Charles-Hubert: Renvoi préjudiciel - Directive 92/43/CEE "Habitats" - Conservation des habitats naturels ainsi que de la faune et de la flore sauvages - Décision d'exécution (UE) 2015/72 - Liste des sites d'importance communautaire pour la région biogéographique atlantique - Réduction de la superficie d'un site - Erreur scientifique - Validité - Possibilité d'inclure dans un site des parcelles présentant un potentiel de restauration, Aménagement - Environnement 2018 N°2 p.151-153 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Raad van State - Netherlands

Subject-matter

Environment
Accession

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

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lycourgos

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

German