Italy - Council of State - Codacons v Ministry of the Environment (sez. VI, n. 6547) - Summary with link to judgment

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Public participation and omissions by public authorities (Art. 6, 7, 8 and 9) – The obligation to create a National Council of the Environment for public participation according to Italian law is not discretionary for the Ministry of Environment, and the omission to do was successfully challenged in court by an environmental NGO.

Country/countries, region:

European Union

, Italy

Resource convention articles:

Article 6: Public Participation in Decisions on Specific Activities

, Article 7: Public Participation Concerning Plans, Programmes and Policies Relating to the Environment

, Article 8: Public Participation During the Preparation of Executive Regulations and/or Generally Applicable Legally Binding Normative Instruments

, Article 9: Access to Justice

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English

, Italian

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