Brussels, 07/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 3 July, the Court of Justice upheld the European Commission decision that Ireland had failed to satisfactorily transpose directive 97/11/EC on environmental impact assessments. Among other things, the Court ruled out the retrospective approval of projects through an environmental assessment carried out after work has begun, as the Irish legislation allows. It also required that any work related to a project should be considered as forming an integral...