Belgium - Constitutional Court - Inter-Environment Wallonie v Walloon Region - Summary with link to judgment

Public Participation concerning Plans, Programmes and Policies Relating to theEnvironment – The simplification of planning legislation concerning so-called “deferreddevelopment zones of an industrial nature” in the Walloon Region of Belgium violates Art.23 of the Belgian Constitution in conjunction with Art. 3 to 6 of the EU Directive2001/42/EC and Art. 7 of the Aarhus Convention. The legislation does not provide for anenvironmental impact assessment procedure that satisfies the requirements of the Directive2001/42/EC and of Art.7 of the Aarhus Convention.