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Earth Walloon ASBL v Walloon Region; Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Walloon Region: ECJ 4 Mar 2010

ECJ Directive 2001/42/EC – Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programs on the environment – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Action Programmes on the designated vulnerable zonesAG Kokott set out the background to the SEA Directive, saying: ‘The specific objective pursued by the … Continue reading Earth Walloon ASBL v Walloon Region; Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Walloon Region: ECJ 4 Mar 2010

Inter-Environnement Wallonie And Terre Wallonne v Region Wallonne: ECJ 28 Feb 2012

ECJ Protection of the environment – Directive 2001/42/EC – Articles 2 and 3 – Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Plan or programme – No prior environmental assessment – Annulment of a plan or programme – … Continue reading Inter-Environnement Wallonie And Terre Wallonne v Region Wallonne: ECJ 28 Feb 2012

Earth Walloon ASBL v Walloon Region; Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Walloon Region: ECJ 17 Jun 2010

ECJ Directive 2001/42/EC – Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Action programmes in respect of vulnerable zones Judges: Bonichot, P Citations: [2010] EUECJ C-105/09 Links: Bailii Statutes: Directive 91/676/EEC, Directive 2001/42/EC Jurisdiction: European … Continue reading Earth Walloon ASBL v Walloon Region; Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Walloon Region: ECJ 17 Jun 2010

Inter-Environnement Wallonie And Terre Wallonne v Region Wallonne: ECJ 8 Dec 2011

ECJ (Opinion) Protection of the environment – Directive 2001/42/EC – Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Action programmes for zones designated as vulnerable – Annulment of a national measure adopted in breach of … Continue reading Inter-Environnement Wallonie And Terre Wallonne v Region Wallonne: ECJ 8 Dec 2011

Terre Wallonne v Wallonia: ECJ 4 Mar 2010

ECJ Directive 2001/42 / EC – Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programs on the environment – Directive 91/676 / EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Programs of action Designated Vulnerable Areas Citations: C-110/09, [2010] EUECJ C-110/09 – O Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European Cited by: … Continue reading Terre Wallonne v Wallonia: ECJ 4 Mar 2010

Commission v Spain (Environment And Consumers): ECJ 8 Sep 2005

ECJ Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC – Meaning of ‘waste’ – Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Directive 80/68/EEC – Protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances – Directive 91/271/EEC – … Continue reading Commission v Spain (Environment And Consumers): ECJ 8 Sep 2005

Commission v Italy C-127/99: ECJ 8 Nov 2001

Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Inadequate implementation of Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources Citations: ECLI:EU:C:2001:597, [2001] EUECJ C-127/99, [2001] ECR I-8305 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European Environment Updated: 04 June 2022; Ref: scu.166863

Regina v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte Standley and others: ECJ 29 Apr 1999

(Judgment) Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Identification of waters affected by pollution – Designation of vulnerable zones – Criteria – Validity in the light of the polluter pays principle, the principle that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source, the principle of … Continue reading Regina v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte Standley and others: ECJ 29 Apr 1999

Regina v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Commissioners of Customs and Excise, ex parte National Farmers’ Union and others: ECJ 5 May 1998

Land from which nitrates were leeching off into rivers causing pollution, had to be designated as environmentally vulnerable land, if agricultural activities were a substantial even if only partially cause of the pollution. ‘As regards . . . the principle of proportionality, it is settled law that, in order to establish whether a provision of … Continue reading Regina v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Commissioners of Customs and Excise, ex parte National Farmers’ Union and others: ECJ 5 May 1998

Commission v Netherlands: ECJ 2 Oct 2003

ECJ Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Article 5(4) and (5), paragraphs A(1), (2), (4) and (6) of Annex II and paragraph 1(2) and (3) and paragraph 2 of Annex III – Capacity of storage vessels … Continue reading Commission v Netherlands: ECJ 2 Oct 2003

Terre Wallonne v Wallonia: ECJ 17 Jun 2010

ECJ Directive 2001/42/EC – Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Action programmes in respect of vulnerable zones Citations: [2010] EUECJ C-110/09, [2010] ECR I-5611 Links: Bailii Statutes: Directive 2001/42/EC, Directive 91/676/EEC Jurisdiction: European … Continue reading Terre Wallonne v Wallonia: ECJ 17 Jun 2010

Commission v Greece: ECJ 23 Apr 2015

ECJ (Judgment) Failure to fulfill obligations – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Designation of waters and vulnerable areas – Content of excessive nitrates – Eutrophication – Quadrennial Review Obligation – Failure – Setting action programs – No C-149/14, [2015] EUECJ C-149/14, ECLI: EU: C: 2015: … Continue reading Commission v Greece: ECJ 23 Apr 2015

Commission v France: ECJ 4 Sep 2014

ECJ (Judgment) Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 91/676/EEC – Article 5(4) – Annex II.A, points 1 to 3 and 5 – Annex III.1, points 1 to 3, and Annex III.2 – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Periods for land application – Capacity of … Continue reading Commission v France: ECJ 4 Sep 2014

Commission v France: ECJ 13 Jun 2013

ECJ Failure to fulfill obligations – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Designation of vulnerable zones – Content excessive nitrates – Eutrophication – Obligation Quadrennial Review C-193/12, [2013] EUECJ C-193/12 Bailii Directive 91/676/EEC European, Agriculture, Environment Updated: 03 December 2021; Ref: scu.526056

Walton v The Scottish Ministers: SC 17 Oct 2012

The appellant, former chair of a road activist group, challenged certain roads orders saying that the respondent had not carried out the required environmental assessment. His claim was that the road had been adopted without the consultation required by the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (‘the SEA Directive’), and that that the scope of the public … Continue reading Walton v The Scottish Ministers: SC 17 Oct 2012

Ezeemo and Others v Regina: CACD 16 Oct 2012

The defendants had been charged with offences relating to their intended transporting of waste materials to Nigeria. They appealed, complaining that the judge had directed that the offence under regulation 23 was an offence of strict liability. Held: The appeals failed. Once a substance or object has been discarded (and has therefore become waste) the … Continue reading Ezeemo and Others v Regina: CACD 16 Oct 2012

Commission v Poland: ECJ 20 Nov 2014

comm_polandECJ201411 ECJ Judgment – Failure to fulfill obligations – Directive 91/676/EEC – Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources – Definition of inadequate or polluted waters may be – inadequate designation of vulnerable zones – Programmes of Action – incomplete measures Mme K. Jurimae (Rapporteur), P C-356/13, [2014] EUECJ C-356/13 Bailii … Continue reading Commission v Poland: ECJ 20 Nov 2014

Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Case C-69/99: ECJ 7 Dec 2000

The United Kingdom had failed to comply with the clean water directive. Its had identified surface freshwaters only where abstraction was intended for drinking water purposes. No such restriction was justified. A similar limitation had been . .

HS2 Action Alliance Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v The Secretary of State for Transport and Another: SC 22 Jan 2014

The government planned to promote a large scale rail development (HS2), announcing this in a command paper. The main issues, in summary, were, first, whether it should have been preceded by strategic environmental assessment, under the relevant . .