A decree and a circular setting out the general conditions for the issue of planning permission for the installation and operation of wind turbines must themselves be subject to a prior environmental assessment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a judgment handed down on Thursday 25 June (Case C-24/19).
The Court had to rule on the interpretation of the EU Directive on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (2001/42/EC),...