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Environnement Bruxelles and Others v Région Bruxelles Capitale.

País/Territorio
Bélgica, Unión Europea
Tipo de la corte
Corte internacional
Fecha
Mar 22, 2012
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
European Court of Justice
Sede de la corte
Luxembourg
Juez
Jarašiūnas, E.
Bonichot, President of the Chamber, J.-C.
Prechal, A.
Bay Larsen, L.
Toader (Rapporteur), C.
Número de referencia
C-567/10
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Medio ambiente gen., Cuestiones jurídicas
Palabra clave
Manejo de tierras Planificación ambiental EIA
Resumen
This case concerned the interpretation of the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC. An amendment to the Belgian regional planning act was contested by NGO’s that addressed the Belgian constitutional court claiming that under the amendment, an environmental impact assessment for the total or partial repeal of a land use plan is no longer required, contrary to the requirements of the Directive 2001/42/EC. The Court noted that Directive 2001/42 refers only expressly to modifying measures, but found that its object and purpose support a broader interpretation that in principle includes total or partial repealing measures. The ECJ came to this conclusion after considering that the partial or total repeal of a plan or programme can have significant effects on the environment, since it may involve a modification of the planning envisaged in the territories concerned. It did add one exception. Repealing a measure might not require an SEA if it falls within a hierarchy of town and country planning measures, and those measures lay down sufficiently precise rules governing land use, they have themselves been the subject of an assessment of their environmental effects, and it may reasonably be considered that the interests which Directive 2001/42 is designed to protect have been taken into account sufficiently within that framework. As for a question regarding the interpretation of the provision on plans and programmes required by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions (Article 2(a) of the Directive) the ECJ explained that this covers not only plans and programmes the adoption of which is compulsory, but also those whose adoption is regulated by national legislative or regulatory provisions, which determine the competent authorities for adopting them and the procedure for preparing them.
Texto completo
COU-159860.pdf

Referencias

Cita

Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment.

Legislación | 2001

Palabra clave: EIA, Desarrollo sostenible, Uso sostenible, Patrimonio cultural

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Doctrina

Zum Anwedungsbereich der strategischen Umweltprüfung - Neuerungen aufgrund des Urteils des Europäischen Gerichtshofs vom 22. März 2012 (Inter-Environment Bruxelles u.a.)

Autor: Bunge T.

En: Natur und Recht | Jahrg. 34(9); p.593-603

Editor: jetzt: Springer-Verlag (früher: Verlag Paul Parey bzw.Blackwell Wissenschafts -Verlag GmbH-Berlin | Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany | 2012

Doctrina | Unión Europea, Alemania

Palabra clave: EIA

Fuente: IUCN (ID: ANA-087147)