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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11296
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) environment

Neighbours of construction project may challenge absence of environmental impact assessment

Brussels, 16/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The member states cannot prevent their citizens living in the vicinity of a construction project from challenging an administrative decision not to carry out an environmental impact assessment, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in a judgment returned on Thursday 16 April.

In this case (C-570/13) regarding the Austrian legislation, the Court reached the same conclusion as Advocate General Juliane Kokott in November 2014 (see EUROPE 11197)....

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SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) ENERGY: Commission looks at gas crisis emergency plans
(AE) ENERGY: Heating/cooling strategy - Council orientations
(AE) CLIMATE: New car CO2 emissions in 2014 already exceed 2015 target
(AE) FISHERIES: Presidency looking for political agreement on Baltic cod plan
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Council to adopt forest conclusions on Monday
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Compromise on distribution of milk and fruit in schools
(AE) HEALTH: Ministers to discuss nutrition and alcohol in Riga on 20-21 April
(AE) HEALTHCARE: Pedicini report on safe healthcare adopted by parliamentary committee
(AE) HEALTHCARE: Marc Tarabella wants speedier action on labelling of alcoholic drinks
(AE) JHA: Parliament unimpressed by new PNR agreement with Mexico
(AE) JHA: Day to commemorate Roma Holocaust and to fight discrimination
(AE) JHA: Council of Europe calls for more efforts to fight trafficking in children
(AE) BUSINESS: Le Grip confident of Parliament trade secrets agreement
(AE) REGIONS: CoR adopts opinion on Juncker plan
(AE) REGIONS: ECR in Parliament and CoR form joint working group
(AE) COHESION:
(AE) PLANTS:
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Commission unhappy with progress to date
(AE) FRANCE: Paris on track for 2015 so budget battle will be in 2016
(AE) TAXATION: S&D calls on Commission to investigate McDonald's
(AE) STATE AID: German aid for 20 offshore windfarms gets go-ahead
(AE) ANTITRUST: France wants EU anti-trust rules updated to digital age
(AE) ECONOMY: ENVI committee wants ecological Juncker plan
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) JHA: States may use biometric data from passports for other purposes
(AE) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Banks can, under conditions and in civil matters, invoke banking secrecy in order not to identify suspected counterfeiter
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Neighbours of construction project may challenge absence of environmental impact assessment
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) ARMENIA: European Parliament asks Turkey to recognise Armenian genocide
(AE) UKRAINE: Hahn says EU is crucial support for change in Ukraine
(AE) CIVIL PROTECTION: Serbia to join EU civil protection mechanism
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Hahn says investment and trade will boost jobs
(AE) MALAYSIA: EU criticises strenthening of sedition legislation
(AE) CENTRAL ASIA:
(AE) IRAN:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: European Parliament says Lisbon Treaty is only partially respected
(AE) BUDGET: Georgieva calls for proactive management of payments
(AE) EP: