Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2016

Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus v Comune di Venezia and Others

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Veneto

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2001/42/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — Article 3(3) — Plans and programmes which require an environmental assessment only where the Member States determine that they are likely to have significant environmental effects — Validity in the light of the TFEU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Meaning of use of ‘small areas at local level’ — National legislation referring to the size of the areas concerned

Case C-444/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/02/2017 Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:978
21/12/2016 Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:978
21/12/2016 Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus
Application (OJ)
30/10/2015 Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:665
08/09/2016 Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus
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

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.37 Environmental protection
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
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

  • 17/08/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 08/09/2016

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

21/12/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 53 from 20.02.2017, p.15

Application: OJ C 381 from 16.11.2015, p.14

Name of the parties

Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Roset, Sébastien: Obligation d'évaluation environnementale, Europe 2017 Février Comm. nº 2 p.40-41 (FR)
  2. Mayer, Christoph: Die neue EuGH-Rechtsprechung betreffend den SUP-Befreiungstatbestand des Art. 3 Abs. 3 Alt. 1 RL 2001/42/EG und ihre Auswirkungen auf das nationale Bauplanungsrecht, Natur und Recht 2017 p.687-692 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Veneto - Italy

Subject-matter

  • Environment

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Safjan

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

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