Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 June 2019

Lies Craeynest and Others v Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest and Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2008/50/EC — Articles 6, 7, 13 and 23 — Annex III — Assessment of air quality — Criteria for determining whether the nitrogen dioxide limit values have been exceeded — Measurements using fixed sampling points — Choice of appropriate sites — Interpretation of the values measured at the sampling points — Obligations of the Member States — Judicial review — Intensity of the review — Power to issue directions

Case C-723/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
02/08/2019 Craeynest and Others
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:533
26/06/2019 Craeynest and Others
Application (OJ)
02/03/2018 Craeynest and Others
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:168
28/02/2019 Craeynest and Others
Top of the page 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

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.02 Implementation of EU law within the national legal system
      1.05.02.01 Choice of methods
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.01 Direct effect
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.02 Implementation of EU law within the national legal system
      1.05.02.01 Choice of methods
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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

  • 29/12/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 28/02/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

26/06/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 280 from 19.08.2019, p.4

Application: OJ C 104 from 19.03.2018, p.16

Name of the parties

Craeynest and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Berkemann, Jörg: Messergebnisse nach Maßgabe der Luftqualitätsrichtlinie 2008/50/EG, Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2019 p.1056-1062 (DE)
  2. A., I.: Soudní dvůr EU : Posuzování kvality ovzduší, Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví 2019 p.609-610 (CS)
  3. Bonneville, Philippe ; Gänser, Christian ; Markarian, Sophie: Environnement - Qualité de l'air et de l'eau, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2019 N°39 p.2291-2292 (FR)
  4. Moliner-Dubost, Marianne: Directive Air pur pour l'Europe : précisions de la CJUE sur les modalités d'évaluation de la qualité de l'air, Énergie - Environnement - Infrastructures 2019 nº 8-9 p.52-53 (FR)
  5. Misonne, Delphine: Commentaire à l'arrêt de la CJUE du 26 juin 2019, affaire C-723/17, Aménagement - Environnement 2019 N° 4 p.254-255 (FR)
  6. Duţu-Buzura, Mircea: Rolul contenciosului judiciar în prevenirea şi combaterea poluării aerului : contribuţia jurisprudenţei Curţii de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene, Dreptul 2019 nº 12 p. 166-178 (RO)
  7. De Sadeleer, Nicolas: Intensité du contrôle juridictionnel assuré par les juridictions nationales concernant l’évaluation de la qualité de l’air : commentaire de l’arrêt Craeynest, Revue européenne de droit de la consommation 2020 p.345-351 (FR)
  8. Pedrosa, Kendro: The Decentralised Enforcement of the Provisions on Measurement and Assessment of Air Quality under Directive 2008/50/EC : comment on cjeu Case C-723/17 of 26 June 2019, Craeynest, Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 2020 Vol. 17/2 p. 247-261 (EN)
  9. Fleurke, Floor M.: Aanscherping van rechtsbescherming en handhaving in milieuzaken : het recht op schone lucht : HvJ 26 juni 2019, zaak C-723/17, (Lies Craeynest e.a./Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest en Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer), HvJ 19 december 2019, zaak C-752/18, (Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV/Freistaat Bayern), Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2020 p. 225-232 (NL)
  10. Coutron, Laurent: À propos du droit à l'exécution des décisions des juridictions nationales : une construction à parfaire, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2020, n° 2, p. 279-285 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel - Belgium

Subject-matter

  • Environment

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

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bonichot

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German