Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 October 2018

Volkmar Klohn v An Bord Pleanála

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Right to challenge a development consent decision — Requirement for a procedure which is not prohibitively expensive — Concept — Temporal application — Direct effect — Effect on a national decision on the taxation of costs which has become final

Case C-167/17


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
30/11/2018 Klohn
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:833		 17/10/2018 Klohn
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:833		 17/10/2018 Klohn
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
19/05/2017 Klohn
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:387		 05/06/2018 Klohn
Environment
  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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.
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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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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.03 Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.08 Application ratione temporis
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.03 Directives
      2.05.03.00 General
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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

Information not available

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 03/04/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 05/06/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

17/10/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 455 from 17.12.2018, p.11

Application: OJ C 178 from 06.06.2017, p.12

Name of the parties

Klohn

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Directive, Europe 2018 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.17-18 (FR)
  2. Haket, S.W.: Geen rechtstreekse werking art. 10 bis vijfde alinea Richtlijn 85/337/EEG, zoals gewijzigd bij Richtlijn 2003/35/EG. Verplichting richtlijnconforme interpretatie begrensd door vertrouwensbeginsel en beginsel van res judicata., Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2019 nº 20 p.01517-1519 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supreme Court - Ireland

Subject-matter

  • Environment
  • Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention d'Aarhus sur l'accès à l'information, la participation du public au processus décisionnel et l'accès à la justice en matière d'environnement (25/06/1998), articles 3, paragraphe 8 et 9, paragraphe 4

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bonichot

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English