Brussels, 15/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - Public access to environmental information may be refused by a ministry if the information relates to a legislative process in which the ministry is participating, for example, through bringing forward Bills or opinions. However, that exception no longer applies if the legislative process has ended, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in Case C-204/09 on Tuesday 14 February.
The Court was responding to the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (German Federal...