Flachglas Torgau GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-204/09)
law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-204-09/para_30@2026-11-12
Key facts
Court
Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case
C-204/09 · ECLI:EU:C:2012:71
Decided
14 Feb 2012
Procedure
Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany)
Applicant
Flachglas Torgau GmbH
Defendant
Federal Republic of Germany
Rapporteur
J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General
E. Sharpston
Bench
13 judgesV. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J. N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, J. Malenovský, U. Lõhmus, A. Rosas, M. Ilešič, E. Levits, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen, M. Berger
30It should be recalled as a preliminary point that, by becoming a party to the Aarhus Convention, the European Union undertook to ensure, within the scope of European Union law, a general principle of access to environmental information held by the public authorities (see, to that effect, Case C-524/09Ville de Lyon [2010] ECR I-14115, paragraph 35).