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Sustainable Energy Week -11-15 April, 2011; Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi is the first capital city in the Eastern Partnership countries of the EU to sign the Covenant of Mayors and together with other important obligations, the city become responsible for…
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EU - Court of Justice - Decision on Access Info Europe v Council of the European Union (T-233/09) - Summary with link to judgment
On 22 March 2011, the General Court of the European Union found that the Council of the EU wrongly refused to disclose the identity of countries taking positions on reform of the EU’s access to…
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Judgment on C-240/09
Further to a reference for a preliminary ruling, the Court ruled that "Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention does not have direct effect in EU law. It is, however, for the referring court to…
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Compendium of case studies of good practice on promoting public participation in international forums
Those countries that ratified the Aarhus Convention, and the European Union, committed themselves to promote the application of the principles of the Convention in international environmental…
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Latvia - Constitutional Court - Gruba et al v. Jurmala City Council (No.2008-38-03 Jurmala Regulations) - Summary with link to judgment
Environmental information and public participation - The right to live in favourable environment; access to justice granted to individuals before the Constitutional Court contesting the violation of…
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United Kingdom - Court of Appeal - R (on the application of Derek England) v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council & Team Ltd & ORS ([2006] EWCA Civ 1742) - Summary with link to judgment
Costs – The Court of Appeal held that the need for the claimant to have no “private interest in the outcome of case” (one of the “criteria” established in the Corner House case), is not decisive when…
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Italy - Council of State - National Organisation of Nuclear Physics v Engineers Association (sez. IV, n. 5795) - Summary with link to judgment
Access to environmental information for professional associations.
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Italy - Council of State - Regione Veneto v Legambiente of Verona, the Municipality of the village of Sona and citizens of the village of Sona (sez. V, n. 5136) - Summary with link to judgment
Legal standing of environmental associations and their local branches.
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Italy - Council of State - Landesverband fur Heimatpflege in Suditorl v Provincia di Bolzano; Comune di Monguelfo (sez. IV, n. 5365) - Summary with link to judgment
NGO standing (Art. 2 and 9) - The concept of ”environmental interest” should be interpreted in a wide sense according to Italian law, including the historical and artistic value of buildings.
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Italy - Council of State - Codacons v Ministry of the Environment (sez. VI, n. 6547) - Summary with link to judgment
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…
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