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Flachglas Torgau GmbH v. Federal Republic of Germany

Country/Territory
European Union
Date
Feb 1, 2012
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
European Court of Justice
Reference number
[2012] 2 CMLR 17 (Grand Chamber)
Abstract
Flachglas Torgau requested information about Germany’s allocation of emissions licenses during 2005-2007. The requested information was contained in internal documents produced by the Ministry for the Environment concerning legislation process for GHG emissions trading. The Ministry refused this request, citing the confidentiality of proceedings of public authorities. The 2003 Directive concerning public access to information provides that environmental information is generally considered public; however, the court upheld the Ministry’s decision to deny access to the documents requested.

Key environmental legal questions:

Flachglas sought access to information re: Germany’s allocation of emissions licenses that the German Government had refused on confidentiality grounds
Full text
EU-Flachglas-2012.pdf
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